*buka ( = *boka)

perch

Proto-Turkic: *buka
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Proto-Altaic: *pák`[ò]
Russian meaning: окунь
Turkic: *buka ( = *boka)
Tungus-Manchu: *paxan
Korean: *pòk
Japanese: *púká
Comments: VEWT 15, Лексика 178 (traditionally regarded as a compound *āla 'variegated' + *buka 'bull', which is dubious because of the parallelism in Tat.
Tatar: ala-boɣa
Khakassian: ala-buɣa
Kazakh: ala-buɣa