burgu

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burgu ngu (plural burguuji ɗi)

1. (Maasina) grasses in the flood zone after the waters have receded, the flood zone of the Inland Niger Delta

• D. Osborn, D. Dwyer, et J. Donohoe, Lexique Fulfulde (Maasina)-Anglais-Français: Une compilation basée sur racines et tirée de sources existantes, suivie de listes en anglais-fulfulde et français-fulfulde, East Lansing: Michigan State University Press, 1993.

Cognate with Mampruli buuwa, Moore bʋʋga, Dagbani bua, Hanga buwa, Kusaal bʋʋg. Possibly related to Baoule bua (“sheep”).

• IPA^(key): /búrɡú/

burgu ku (plural buri ɦi)

1. goat

• Bakabima, Koulon Stéphane, Nicole, Jacques (2018) Nawdm-French Dictionary‎^[1], SIL International

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish بورغو (burgu), from Proto-Turkic *burgu (“borer, gimlet, auger”); cognate with Azerbaijani burğu, Bashkir бырау (bıraw) and Kazakh бұрғы (būrğy).

burgu (definite accusative burguyu, plural burgular)

1. borer, drill, gimlet, auger, any instrument used for drilling

   Synonym: matkap

2. corkscrew, a device for opening bottles that are sealed by a cork

   Synonym: tirbuşon

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “burgu2”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 702
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “burgu”, in Nişanyan Sözlük