ᠪᠣᠰᠣ

Manchu

Pronunciation

(standard) IPA^(key): [pɔ.sɔ]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Mongolian бөс (bös), from Middle Mongol ᠪᠥᠰ (bös), from a Turkic language.[1] The ultimate origin is Arabic بَزّ (bazz). Compare also other cognates in Tungusic, such as Jurchen 博素 (paw-su /⁠bosu⁠/), 卜素 (pu-su /⁠busu⁠/), Negidal [script needed] (bosụ), Orok бусу (busu) and Ulch büsü.[2]

Noun

ᠪᠣᠰᠣ • (boso)

cloth, fabric

Descendants

→ Nanai: босо (boso)
→ Nivkh: пос (pos, “tissue, cotton”)

Noun

ᠪᠣᠰᠣ • (boso)

north slope (yin side) of a mountain

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of “north slope of a mountain”): ᠠᠨᡨᡠ᠋ (antu, “south slope (yang side) of a mountain”)

References

Vovin, Alexander (2018) “Fabrication of Turkic böz 'fabric' in Japan and Korea”, in Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae, volume 71, number 3, Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, pages 263–284.
Cincius, V. I. (1975) Сравнительный словарь тунгусо-маньчжурских языков [Comparative Dictionary of Tungus-Manchu Languages] (in Russian), volume I, Leningrad: Nauka, page 78.

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[1] Vovin, Alexander (2018) “Fabrication of Turkic böz 'fabric' in Japan and Korea”, in Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae, volume 71, number 3, Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, pages 263–284.

[2] Cincius, V. I. (1975) Сравнительный словарь тунгусо-маньчжурских языков [Comparative Dictionary of Tungus-Manchu Languages] (in Russian), volume I, Leningrad: Nauka, page 78.