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boch

boch

Tzotzil

Noun

boch

  1. container made of a gourd or calabash

References


Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *box, borrowed from Latin bucca (cheek). Cognate with Cornish bogh (cheek), Breton boc'h (cheek), Scottish Gaelic bòc (surge, swell).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /boːχ/

Noun

boch f (plural bochau)

  1. cheek, jaw

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • bochyn m, bochig f (diminutive)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
boch foch moch unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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