bugel
Breton
Etymology
From Middle Breton buguel, from Proto-Brythonic *bʉgöl, from Proto-Celtic *boukolyos, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷowkólos, from *gʷṓws (“cow”) + *kʷel- (“to revolve, turn around”).
Cognates include Cornish bugel (“shepherd”), Welsh bugail (“shepherd”), Irish buachaill (“boy”), Scottish Gaelic buachaille (“herder”), Manx bochilley (“shepherd”) and Ancient Greek βουκόλος (boukólos, “cowherd”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbyː.ɡɛl/
Noun
bugel m (plural bugale or bugalez)
Derived terms
- bugaleaj (“childhood”, noun)
- bugel-bihan (“grandchild”, noun)
- bugel-kuñv (“great-grandchild”, noun)
- bugel-noz (“leprechaun, goblin, ghost, spirit”, noun)
- bugelek (“infantile, childish”, adjective)
- bugelel (“infantile, childish”, adjective)
- bugelez (“apprentice”, noun)
- bugeliañ (“to tend animals”, verb)
- bugeliezh (“childhood”, noun)
- bugulgan (“bucolic”, adjective)
- eil bugaleaj (“senility”, noun)
See also
- bugul
Mutation
| unmutated | soft | aspirate | hard | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | bugel | vugel | unchanged | pugel |
| plural | bugale | vugale | unchanged | pugale |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Breton.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Cornish
Etymology
From Middle Cornish bugel, from Old Cornish bugel, from Proto-Brythonic *bʉgöl, from Proto-Celtic *boukolyos, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷowkólos, from *gʷṓws (“cow”) + *kʷel- (“to revolve, turn around”). Cognate with Breton bugel (“child”), Irish buachaill (“boy”), Manx bochilley, Scottish Gaelic buachaill, and Welsh bugail, and more distantly Ancient Greek βουκόλος (boukólos, “cowherd”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈby.ɡəl/
Noun
bugel m (plural bugeledh)
Derived terms
- bugel bughes, bugel gwarthek, bugel lonnow (“cowherd”)
- bugel deves (“shepherd”)
- bugel gever, bugel gyvres (“goatherd”)
- bugel mogh (“swineherd”)
- bugelya (“to herd”, verb)
- pors bugel (“shepherd's purse”)
Mutation
| radical | soft | aspirate | hard | mixed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| bugel | vugel | unchanged | pugel | fugel, vugel* |
* after 'th
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Cornish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
- “bugel” in Cornish Dictionary / Gerlyver Kernewek, Akademi Kernewek.
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English bugle, from Middle English [Term?], from Old French bugle, from Latin būculus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈby.ɣəl/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: bu‧gel