bogh

Cornish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Brythonic *box, borrowed through Vulgar Latin from Latin bucca (“cheek”). Cognate with Breton boc'h (“cheek”), Welsh boch (“cheek”), Scottish Gaelic bòc (“surge, swell”).

Noun

bogh f (dual diwvogh, plural boghow)

  1. cheek

Etymology 2

From Old Cornish boch, from Proto-Brythonic *bux, from Proto-Celtic *bukkos, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuǵkos. Cognate with Welsh bwch.

Noun

bogh m (plural boghes)

  1. billy goat, he-goat (male goat)

Mutation

Mutation of bogh
unmutated soft aspirate hard mixed mixed after 'th
bogh vogh unchanged pogh fogh vogh

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Cornish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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