бу

See also: б/у, б.у., and Appendix:Variations of "bu"

Dolgan

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *bū (“this”).

Determiner

бу • (bu)

1. this

Even

Etymology

From Proto-Tungusic *buu, compare Manchu ᠪᡝ (be), Nanai буэ (bue).

Pronoun

бу (ʙu)

1. we

Evenki

Etymology

From Proto-Tungusic *buu.

Pronoun

бу • (bu)

1. we

Karaim

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *bū (“this”).

Pronoun

бу • (bu)

1. this

See also

• мында

Kazakh

Alternative scripts

Arabic	بۋ
Cyrillic	бу
Latin	bu
Yañalif	ʙu

Noun

бу • (bu)

1. steam, vapour

Ket

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Yeniseian *bu (third person singular animate pronoun). Cognate with Yug бу (bū), Kott uju and Assan bari (masculine only).

Pronoun

бу (bū) m or f

1. he, she, they (third person singular animate pronoun)

   Тип будита есьдиӈаль ассьель диоксьибесь. (Baklaniha dialect)

   Tīp budita ɛsʲdiŋalʲ assʲɛ́lʲ diɔksʲibɛsʲ.

   The dog brought her a hunted animal from the forest.

   Ат будата дәнӄавера. (Kellog dialect)

   Āt budáta dəːnqavɛra.

   I am cooking for him.

   Бу Еллокдиӈта даольдаӄ. (Kellog dialect)

   Bū Ɛllɔkdiŋta da-ɔlʲdaq.

   She lived in Kellog.

   Будаӈа оня сьыкӈ? (Kureyka dialect)

   Budaŋa ɔnʲa sʲɨkŋ?

   How old is he?

   Бу етда или бәнь? — Бу иням дәно. (Kureyka dialect)

   Bū ɛtda ili bə̄nʲ? ‒ Bū inʲam dəːnɔ.

   Are they alive or not? ‒ They died a long time ago.

   Әт бугас утал дъʼӄ ӄуйбаӈ дольинь. (Maduyka dialect)

   Ə̄t buɣas utál dʌˀq qujbaŋ dɔlʲinʲ.

   They and I lived together all our lives.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [buˑ˧], [buˑ˧˥]

Coordinate terms

• ат (ād, “I, me”, first person singular)
• буӈ (būŋ, “they”, third person plural)
• у (ū(k), “you, thee”, second person singular)
• әкӈ (ə́kŋ, “you, ye”, second person plural)
• әтн (ə́tn, “we, us”, first person plural)

Derived terms

• буда (“his, her, their”)
• буӈ (būŋ, “they”) (plural)

References

• Fortescue, M., Vajda, E. (2022) “129.) ~*wu”, in Mid-Holocene Language Connections between Asia and North America (Brill's Studies in the Indigenous Languages of the Americas; 17)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 388
• Georg, Stefan (2007) A Descriptive Grammar of Ket (Yenisei-Ostyak) Part 1: Introduction, Phonology, Morphology, Cromwell: Global Oriental, →ISBN, page 163
• Kotorova, Elizaveta, Nefedov, Andrey (2015) “bū”, in Большой словарь кетского языка, Münich: LINCOM, →ISBN, page 130
• Werner, Heinrich (2002) “бу”, in Словарь кетско-русский и русско-кетский: Учебное пособие для учащихся начальной школы‎^[2], 2 edition, Saint-Petersburg: Drofa, →ISBN, page 26
• Werner, Heinrich (2002) “(1) bu (ket., jug.)”, in Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der Jenissej-Sprachen, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 146

Kumyk

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *bū.

Pronoun

бу • (bu)

1. this

Macedonian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bu]

Interjection

бу • (bu)

1. boo

Nogai

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *bū.

Pronoun

бу • (bu)

1. this

References

• N. A. Baskakov, S.A Kalmykov, editor (1963), “бу”, in Nogajsko-Russkij Slovarʹ [Nogai-Russian Dictionary], Moscow: karačajevo-čerkesskij naučno- issledovatelʹskij institut jazyka, literatury i istorii, →ISBN

Southern Altai

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *bū (“this”). Cognate with Turkish bu (“this”).

Pronoun

бу • (bu)

1. this

Tatar

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *bū (“this”). Cognate with Turkish bu (“this”).

Pronoun

бу • (bu)

1. this

Udihe

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bu/

Pronoun

бу (bu)

1. first-person plular exclusive, nominative case: we

Ulch

Pronoun

бу (bu)

1. we (first-person plural)

References

• Natasha Stoynova, “The Grammaticalization of 'Finish' in Ulch: Beyond the Limits of Phasal Semantics”.

Uzbek

Pronoun

бу (bu)

1. Cyrillic spelling of bu

Yakut

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *bū, compare Turkish bu.

Determiner

бу • (bu)

1. this

Derived terms

• быйыл (bıyıl, “this year”)

Particle

бу • (bu)

Intensifies the following word.

1. (with an adjective) how ...!
2. (with a noun) what (a/an) ...!

Pronoun

бу • (bu)

1. this

Derived terms

• бу аата (bu aata, “this means”) (idiom)
• бу гынан (bu gınan, “but, however”)