bugh

Cornish

Etymology

From Middle Cornish bugh, from Old Cornish buch, from Proto-Brythonic *bʉx, from Proto-Celtic *boukkā, from *bāus (“ox”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws. Cognate with Breton buoc'h, Welsh buwch.

Pronunciation

Noun

bugh f (plural bughes)

  1. cow

Hyponyms

  • bewin (“beef cow”)
  • bugh leth (“dairy cow”)
  • bugh-wodra (“milch cow”)
  • leugh (“calf”)
  • ojyon (“ox”)
  • tarow (“bull”)

Derived terms

  • bugel bughes (“cowherd”)
  • bughik (“little cow”)
  • bughik Dhuw (“ladybird”)
  • bughwas (“cowboy”)
  • klogh bugh (“cow bell”)
  • morvugh (“walrus, manatee, sea cow”)
  • bewin (“bovine”)
  • biw (“cattle”)
  • chatel (“cattle”)
  • gwarthek (“cattle, horned cattle”)
  • lonnek (“bovine”)
  • lonnow (“cattle”)

Mutation

Mutation of bugh
unmutated soft aspirate hard mixed mixed after 'th
bugh vugh unchanged pugh fugh vugh

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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