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Manx

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Etymology

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From Old Irish búachaill (cowherd), from Proto-Celtic *boukolyos (herdsman), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷowkólos, from *gʷṓws (cow) + *kʷel- (to revolve, move around, sojourn).

Noun

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bochilley m (genitive singular bochillagh, plural bochillyn)

  1. shepherd
  2. herdsman

Derived terms

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Mutation

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Manx mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
bochilley vochilley mochilley
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.