𐰉𐰆
Old Turkic
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Turkic *bu (“this”). Cognate with Turkish bu (“this”), Uzbek bu, Bashkir был (bıl), Tuvan бо (bo).
Pronoun
𐰉𐰆 (b¹u /bu/)
Derived terms
- 𐰉𐰆𐰦𐰀 (b¹unta /bunta/, “here”)
- 𐰉𐰆𐰨𐰀 (b¹unča /bunča/, “like this”)
- 𐰋𐰇𐰓𐰚𐰀 (b²üd²ka /bödke/, “at this time”) (𐰉𐰆 (b¹u) + 𐰇𐰓 (üd²))
References
- Tekin, Talât (1968) “bu”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 320
- Clauson, Gerard (1972) “bu”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 291 & 292
- Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*bu(-n)”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill