buef

buef

See also: büf

Franco-Provençal

Noun

buef (ORB, narrow)

  1. alternative form of bôf (“ox”)

References

  • bœuf in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
  • buef in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

    From Latin bovem. Cognate with Old Galician-Portuguese boi and Old Spanish buey.

    Noun

    buef oblique singular, m (oblique plural bués, nominative singular bués, nominative plural buef)

    1. cow

    Descendants

    • Bourbonnais-Berrichon: bœû
    • Bourguignon: beu
    • Champenois: beu
    • Middle French: bœuf
    • Picard: beu, buë
    • Poitevin-Saintongeais: beù, béi
    • Walloon: boû
    • → Middle English: bef
      • English: beef (see there for further descendants)
      • Middle Scots: beif
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