буйл

Mongolian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pʊiɮ/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Mongolic *büile, compare Mongghul booli, Daur buil, East Yugur büile.

Perhaps the form is influenced by the second etymology, however this root is very unstable across languages.

Noun

буйл (bujl) (Mongolian spelling ᠪᠤᠶᠢᠯᠠ (buyila)); (hidden-n declension )

  1. gums (flesh around teeth)

Etymology 2

Cognate with Buryat буйла (bujla, camel bull), Kalmyk бууль (buul', nose peg), likely of Turkic origin, see Kazakh бұйда (buyda, camel's bridle).

A Mongolian herder and his camels with visible nose pegs

Noun

буйл (bujl)

  1. a peg put through a camel's nose or upper lip to which a rope is attached

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