buwch
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Welsh[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle Welsh buch, from Proto-Brythonic *bʉx, in turn modified from *bʉ (“cow”) under the influence of other animal names ending with *-x, such as *bux (“goat”), *hux (“pig”), *mox (“pigs”) (compare Breton buoc’h, Cornish bugh), from Proto-Celtic *bāus (“ox”) (compare Middle Welsh bu, Old Irish bó), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /bɨ̞u̯χ/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /bɪu̯χ/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ɨ̞u̯χ
Noun[edit]
buwch f (plural buchod)
Derived terms[edit]
- buwch goch gota (“ladybird, ladybug”)
- morfuwch (“sea cow, manatee”)
Mutation[edit]
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- Welsh terms inherited from Middle Welsh
- Welsh terms derived from Middle Welsh
- Welsh terms inherited from Proto-Brythonic
- Welsh terms derived from Proto-Brythonic
- Welsh terms inherited from Proto-Celtic
- Welsh terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Welsh terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Welsh terms with IPA pronunciation
- Welsh terms with audio links
- Rhymes:Welsh/ɨ̞u̯χ
- Rhymes:Welsh/ɨ̞u̯χ/1 syllable
- Welsh lemmas
- Welsh nouns
- Welsh countable nouns
- Welsh feminine nouns
- cy:Cattle