Reconstruction:Proto-Mongolic/buka

This Proto-Mongolic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Mongolic

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *buka, perhaps related with *bugu (“stag”).

Noun

*buka

bull

Hypernyms

*hüker (“bovine, ox”)

Coordinate terms

*ünixen (“cow”)

Descendants

Buryat: буха (buxa)
Daur: bag
Dongxiang: bagvachou (with a diminutive suffix)
East Yugur: pigqa
Khamnigan Mongol: buxa
Middle Mongol:
Hanzi: 補哈 (buqa) (Beilu Yiyu)
- Classical Mongolian: ᠪᠤᠬ
  ᠠ (buk a)
- Mongolian: бух (bux) (Khalkha), /bʊxa/ (Ordos)
Monguor:
Mongghul: bugha
Mangghuer: bugha
→ Proto-Tungusic:
- Evenki: бука (buka)
- Manchu: ᠪᡠᡴᠠ (buka, “breeding ram”), ᠪᡠᡥᠠ (buha, “beast”)
- Solon: буха

References

Nugteren, Hans (2011) Mongolic phonology and the Qinghai-Gansu languages (dissertation)‎, Utrecht: LOT, page 290
Cincius, V. I. (1975) Sravnitelʹnyj slovarʹ tunguso-manʹčžurskix jazykov: Materialy k etimologičeskomu slovarju [Comparative Dictionary of Tungus-Manchu Languages: Materials for an etymological dictionary] (in Russian), volume 1, Leningrad: Nauka, page 103-104
Rozycki, William (1994) Mongol Elements in Manchu (Uralic and Altaic series; 157), Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University, Research Institute for Inner Asian Studies, page 59