буй

From Proto-Turkic *bod (“body, stature; length; self”).

• IPA^(key): /boj/
• Hyphenation: буй (one syllable)

буй • (buy)

1. length
2. (person's) height, stature
3. (person's) figure

• (length) оҙонлоҡ (oźonloq)

буй • (buy)

1. lengthwise
2. striped

   Буй дәфтәр.

   Buy dəftər.

   Lined notebook.

Inherited from Classical Mongolian ᠪᠤᠢ (bui), from Middle Mongol [Term?]. Doublet of бий (bii), бэ (be), and вэ (ve).

• (Khalkha) IPA^(key): [pʊ̈͜i]
• Hyphenation: буй

буй • (buj) (defective)

1. The copula-existential used as a present participle.

   тусгаарлалтад буй иргэд ― tusgaarlaltad buj irged ― citizens in isolation

   1. (auxiliary) When following an imperfective converb in -ж (-ž) or -ч (-č), forms its compound present progressive participle.

      ном уншиж буй хүн ― nom unšiž buj xün ― a person who is reading a book

   Synonym: байгаа (bajgaa)

Borrowed from Dutch boei.

• IPA^(key): [buj]

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буй • (buj) m inan (genitive бу́я, nominative plural буи́, genitive plural буёв, diminutive буёк)

1. buoy

• → Ingrian: buju

Borrowed from Dutch boei.

• IPA^(key): [bui̯]

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буй • (buj) m inan (genitive бу́я, nominative plural буї́, genitive plural буї́в, diminutive буйо́к)

1. buoy

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “буй”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• “буй”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)