𐰉𐰆

Old Turkic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *bu (“this”). Cognate with Turkish bu (“this”), Uzbek bu, Bashkir был (bıl), Tuvan бо (bo).

Pronoun

𐰉𐰆 (bu)

1. this
   • 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 57

     𐰨𐰀:𐰋𐰃𐰠𐰃𐰭𐰠𐰼:𐰉𐰆:𐰃𐰺𐰴:𐰉𐰽𐰃𐰣𐱃𐰀:𐰀𐰔:𐰢𐰏𐰚𐰃:𐰉𐰺:𐰚𐰃𐰤:𐰖𐰣𐰀:𐰓𐰏𐰇:𐰉𐰆𐰞𐰆𐰺

     anča:biliŋler:bu:ïrq:bašïnta:az:emgeki:bar:kin:yana:edgü:bolur

     Know thus: at the beginning of this omen there i s a little pain; (but) later it becomes good again.

Declension

Declension of 𐰉𐰆

	singular
nominative	𐰉𐰆 (bu)
accusative	𐰉𐰆𐰣𐰃 (bunï)
genitive	𐰉𐰆𐰣𐰃𐰭 (bunïŋ)
dative-locative	𐰉𐰆𐰭𐰺 (buŋar)
locative-ablative	𐰉𐰆𐰦𐰀 (bunta)
ablative	𐰉𐰆𐰦𐰤 (buntïn)
allative	𐰉𐰆𐰭𐰺𐰆 (buŋaru)
equative	𐰉𐰆𐰨𐰀 (bunča)
instrumental	𐰉𐰆𐰣𐰃𐰣 (bunïn)

Derived terms

• 𐰉𐰆𐰨𐰀 (bunča, “like this”)
• 𐰉𐰆𐰦𐰀 (bunta, “here”)
• 𐰋𐰇𐰓𐰚𐰀 (bödke, “at this time”)

References

• Tekin, Talât (1968) “bu”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 320
• Tekin, Talât (1993), "bu", in Irq Bitig: The Book of Omens (Turcologica; Bd. 18), Wiesbaden Harrassowitz, page 52
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “bu”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 291 & 292
• Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*bu(-n)”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill