пуга

Belarusian

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpuɣa]

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Noun

пу́га • (púha) f inan (genitive пу́гі, nominative plural пу́гі, genitive plural пуг)

1. whip

   Synonyms: бізу́н (bizún), плётка (pljótka), біч (bič), нага́йка (nahájka)

Declension

Declension of пу́га (inan velar fem-form accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	пу́га púha	пу́гі púhi
genitive	пу́гі púhi	пуг puh
dative	пу́зе púzje	пу́гам púham
accusative	пу́гу púhu	пу́гі púhi
instrumental	пу́гай, пу́гаю púhaj, púhaju	пу́гамі púhami
locative	пу́зе púzje	пу́гах púhax
count form	—	пу́гі1 púhi1

¹Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.

References

• “пуга” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

Northern Altai

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *buka. Compare to Shor пуға, Khakas пуға (puğa), Chulym пуға, Western Yugur boɢa, etc.

Noun

пуга • (puga)

1. ox

See also

• буга (buga)

References

N. A Baskakov, editor (1972), “пуга”, in Severnyje dialekty Altajskovo (Ojrotskovo Jazyka- Dialekt kumandincev(Kumandin Kiži) [Northern Dialect of Altai -Kumandin Dialect(Kumandin kiži)], Moskva: glavnaja redakcija vostočnoja literatury, →ISBN