бу

From Proto-Turkic *bū (“this”).

бу • (bu)

1. this

From Proto-Tungusic *büe, compare Manchu ᠪᡝ (be), Nanai буэ (bue).

бу (ʙu)

1. we

From Proto-Tungusic *büe.

бу • (bu)

1. we

бу • (bu)

1. rifle, gun

• Bormanshinov, Arash and George Zagadinow. 1963. Kalmyk-English Dictionary. Cleveland: Bell & Howell Co.

From Proto-Turkic *bū (“this”).

бу • (bu)

1. this

• мында

бу • (bu)

1. steam, vapour

Inherited from Proto-Ketic *bu (“he, she”, third person singular personal pronoun).^[1]

• IPA^(key): [buˑ˧]

бу (bū)

1. he, she, they (third person singular personal pronoun)

• Gender-independent when used on its own, бу is assigned a gender based on the verb.

• Werner, Heinrich (2002), Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der Jenissej-Sprachen, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 146
• Kotorova, Elizaveta; Nefedov, Andrey (2015), Большой словарь кетского языка, Münich: LINCOM, →ISBN, page 130

From Proto-Turkic *bū.

бу • (bu)

1. this

• IPA^(key): [bu]

бу • (bu)

1. boo

From Proto-Turkic *bū.

бу • (bu)

1. this

• N. A. Baskakov, S.A Kalmykov, editor (1963), “бу”, in Nogajsko-Russkij Slovarʹ [Nogai-Russian Dictionary], Moscow: karačajevo-čerkesskij naučno- issledovatelʹskij institut jazyka, literatury i istorii, →ISBN

From Proto-Turkic *bū (“this”). Cognate with Turkish bu (“this”).

бу • (bu)

1. this

From Proto-Turkic *bū (“this”). Cognate with Turkish bu (“this”).

бу • (bu)

1. this

• IPA^(key): /bu/

бу (bu)

1. first-person plural exclusive, nominative case: we

бу (bu)

1. we (first-person plural)

• Natasha Stoynova, “The Grammaticalization of 'Finish' in Ulch: Beyond the Limits of Phasal Semantics”.

бу (bu)

1. Cyrillic spelling of bu

From Proto-Turkic *bū, compare Turkish bu.

бу • (bu)

1. this

• быйыл (bïyïl, “this year”)

бу • (bu)

Intensifies the following word.

1. (with an adjective) how ...!
2. (with a noun) what (a/an) ...!

бу • (bu)

1. this

• бу аата (bu aata, “this means”) (idiom)
• бу гынан (bu gïnan, “but, however”)