bogh

Cornish

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *box, borrowed through Vulgar Latin from Latin bucca (“cheek”). Cognate with Breton boc'h (“cheek”), Welsh boch (“cheek”), Scottish Gaelic bòc (“surge, swell”).

Pronunciation
  • (Revived Middle Cornish) IPA(key): [bɔːx]
  • (Revived Late Cornish) IPA(key): [boːʰ]

Noun

bogh f (dual diwvogh, plural bohow)

  1. cheek

Mutation
  Mutation of bogh  
Cornish consonant mutation
unmutatedsoftaspiratehardmixedmixed after 'th
bogh vogh unchanged pogh fogh vogh
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