Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/buŕagu

This Proto-Turkic 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-Turkic

Etymology

Presumably from *buŕ-a- (“to bear a calf”) +‎ *-gu.

Noun

*buŕagu

1. calf (baby cow)

Declension

Declension of *buŕagu

	Singular 3)
Nominative	*buŕagu
Accusative	*buŕagug, *buŕagunï1)
Genitive	*buŕagunuŋ
Dative	*buŕaguka
Locative	*buŕaguda
Ablative	*buŕagudan
Allative	*buŕagugaru
Instrumental 2)	*buŕagun
Equative 2)	*buŕaguča
Similative 2)	*buŕagulayu
Comitative 2)	*buŕagulugu

¹⁾ Originally only in pronominal declension.
²⁾ The original instrumental, equative, similative & comitative cases have fallen into disuse in many modern Turkic languages.
³⁾ Plurality is disputed in Proto-Turkic. See also the notes on the Proto-Turkic/Locative-ablative case and plurality page in Wikibooks.

Derived terms

• *buŕagu-la-

Descendants

• Oghur:
  • Chuvash: пӑру (păru)
  • → Hungarian: borjú
  • → Proto-Mongolic: *biraxu
    • Mongolian: бяруу (bjaruu)
    • → Evenki: боро (boro)
• Common Turkic: *buzagu

• Proto-Oghuz: *buzaɣu
  • West Oghuz:
    • Old Anatolian Turkish:
      • Azerbaijani: buzov
      • Ottoman Turkish: بوزاغو (buzağu)
        • Gagauz: buzaa
        • Turkish: buzağı
  • Salar: buzı
  • Turkmen: buzaw
• Karluk:
  • Karakhanid: بُزاغُو (buzāɣū)
    • Chagatai: بوزاغو (buzaɣu), بوزاغ (buzaɣ)
      • Uzbek: buzoq
      • Uyghur: موزاي (mozay)
• Kipchak:
  • Kipchak: بوزاو (buzaw)
    • Mamluk-Kipchak: بوزاغو (buzaɣu), بوزاو (buzawu)
    • North Kipchak:
      • Bashkir: быҙау (bıźaw)
      • Tatar: бозау (bozaw)
    • West Kipchak:
      • Karachay-Balkar: бузоу (buzou)
      • Krymchak: бузов
      • Kumyk: бузав (buzaw)
    • South Kipchak:
      • Caspian:
        • Kazakh: бұзау (būzau)
        • Karakalpak: бузаў, buzaw
        • Nogai: бузав (buzav)
      • Kyrgyz-Kipchak:
        • Kyrgyz: музоо (muzoo)
        • Southern Altai: бозу (bozu)
• Siberian:
  • Old Turkic: 𐰉𐰆𐰕𐰍𐰆 (b¹uzǧu /⁠buzaɣu⁠/)
    • Old Uyghur: pwz՚γw (buzaɣu)
  • South Siberian:
    • Sayan Turkic:
      • Tuvan: бызаа (bızaa)
    • Yenisei Turkic:
      • Khakas: пызо (pızo)

See also

Animals in Turkic
Dog	dog: *ï̄t	Hunting Dog	hunting dog: *eker	Hen	hen: *tiakïgu
Lark	lark: *torgay	Pigeon	dove, pigeon: *kȫkerčin	Quail	quail: *bïldurčïn
Sparrow	sparrow: *serče	Hawk	hawk, falcon: *kïrguy	Goose	goose: *kāŕ
Wolf	wolf: *bȫrü	Cow	cow: *ingek	Calf	calf: *buŕagu
Camel	camel: *tebe	Young Camel	young of camel: *kȫĺek, *botu	Horse	horse: *at
Foal	foal: *kulun	Worm	worm: *kūrt	Snake	snake: *yï̄lan
Fox	fox: *tilkü	goat	goat: *keči	He-goat	he-goat: *teke
Lion	lion: *arsïlan	Fish	fish: *bālïk	Abramis brama	carp bream: *čapak
Donkey	donkey: *eĺčgek	Carp	carp: *siāŕgan	Catfish	catfish: *yāyïn
Beaver	beaver: *kunduŕ	Hedgehog	hedgehog: *kirpi	Badger	badger: *borsmuk
Fly	fly, mosquito: *siŋek	Bee	wasp, bee: *ārï	Gadlfy	gadfly: *bȫgen
Moth	moth: *küńe	Louse	louse: *bït	Earthworm	earthworm: *sïbuĺgan
Yak	yak: *kotuz	Colt	colt: *sïp	Dragon	dragon: *siāŕgan
Worm	worm: *kūrt	Deer	deer: *keyik, *sïgun, *bulan, *bugu	Lizard	lizard: *keleŕ

References

• Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*bi̯ŏ́ŕu”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “buza:ğu:”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 391