Talk:буу

Would you be able to provide more information on what Etymology 2 means, e.g. what bǎo means or what the dice game is like? The closest I could find is, as in. I'm not sure it is similar to the Mongolian game, however. Wyang (talk) 22:58, 11 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Tsewel: Шооны нүхийг таалцан мөрийтэй наадах тоглоом ~ ''dice hole/cavity guessing with bets played game', a game about betting which hole the dice will fall in? Chinese etymology is from Sukhbaatar.
 * онх is given as a synonym which is surely the same word as Lessing's "Anklebone of sheep and goats used for playing at anklebones" and Ramsted's Kalmyk oŋχɒ "hals über kopf, kopflings, nach unten; eine stellung des spielknochens" ~ "on its head, head-first, downward, a position of anklebone (dice)".
 * It probably isn't an anklebone game though, as шоо and шагай are considered different things (they don't feature in eachother's definition by Tsewel).
 * Crom daba (talk) 00:05, 12 February 2017 (UTC)


 * Hmm, they are very likely the same game.
 * Definition for 宝 is: "一种赌具. 方形,用牛角或硬木做成,上有指示方向的记号,参加赌博的人猜测宝上所指的方向下注" (a kind of gambling device; square-shaped, made of ox horn or hardwood. There are signs on them marking directions, and gamblers guess the directions the signs are pointing to to make bets.)
 * I found Lessing's reference on this word:, which points to 宝. I will add it in. Thanks! Wyang (talk) 00:45, 12 February 2017 (UTC)