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POc *buku

Glosses

  • debt
  • mound, knob; boil, skin sore
  • mound, knob, joint; (?) elbow, knee
  • mound, knob, joint; hill (?)
  • node (as in bamboo or sugarcane); joint; knuckle; knot in wood, string or rope
  • tie (a knot); fasten

References

Cognatesets

  • POc *buku ‘node (as in bamboo or sugarcane); joint; knuckle; knot in wood, string or rope’ with glosses node (as in bamboo or sugarcane); joint; knuckle; knot in wood, string or rope
  • POc *buku ‘tie (a knot); fasten’ with glosses tie (a knot); fasten
  • POc *buku ‘mound, knob, joint; hill (?)’ with glosses mound, knob, joint; hill (?)
  • POc *buku ‘mound, knob, joint; (?) elbow, knee’ with glosses mound, knob, joint; (?) elbow, knee
  • POc *buku ‘mound, knob; boil, skin sore’ with glosses mound, knob; boil, skin sore
  • POc *buku ‘debt’ with glosses debt

Sections

  • 1.4 Household Artefacts
    • node (as in bamboo or sugarcane); joint; knuckle; knot in wood, string or rope
  • 1.9 Acts of Impact, Force and Change of State
    • tie (a knot); fasten
  • 2.3 The Landscape
    • mound, knob, joint; hill (?)
  • 5.3 The human body
    • mound, knob, joint; (?) elbow, knee
  • 5.5 Health and disease
    • mound, knob; boil, skin sore
  • 6.13 Trade, exchange, distribution and transfer of possession
    • debt
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