Evenki бун”н’ули 'round, spherical', Negidal бон”гол-бон”гол ‘globular, ball-shaped (adv.)', Udihe бу”о-л ‘spinning like a ball’,Ulchi бон”гал-бон”гал 'spherical (adv.)', Nanai бон”гал, бон”гарак 'like a ball, ball-shaped', бон”гали 'round'.

Most likely, this word was borrowed by the Nivkhs from the Tungusic languages not as the name of lead, but as the name of a bullet, buckshot or shot, which was the reason for the semantic shift in borrowing