bok

See also bök, bók, and bøk

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɒk

Etymology 1

From Afrikaans bok

Adjective

bok

1. (South Africa, slang) keen or willing.

   "Do you want to go to the movies?" "Ja, I'm bok."

Etymology 2

Imitative.

Interjection

bok

1. The clucking sound of a chicken.
   • 2000, William S Pollack, Todd Shuster, Real boys' voices

     And he says, "Chicken! Bok bok bok bok!" One time I got up and put the controller down and we started fighting.

   • 2004, Andrew Bennett, Nicholas Royle, An introduction to literature, criticism and theory

     So the librarian gives the chicken a book. The chicken goes away, but comes back the next day, goes up to the librarian's desk and says: 'Bok, bok!'

Anagrams

• KBO, kob

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Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch bok.

Noun

bok (plural bokke, diminutive bokkie)

1. goat
2. antelope, buck
3. (slang) also bokkie My lover.
4. vaulting-horse
5. blunder

Adjective

bok

1. keen or willing

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Choctaw

Noun

bok

1. creek
2. river

Derived terms

• bokushi

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Czech

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *bokъ.

Noun

bok m

1. side
2. flank
3. (anatomy) hip

Declension

    declension of bok

	singular	plural
nominative	bok	boky
genitive	boku	boků
dative	boku	bokům
accusative	bok	boky
vocative	boku	boky
locative	boku	bocích
instrumental	bokem	boky

Related terms

• boční
• bokovka
• odbočit
• vybočit
• zabočit
• vbok

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔk

Noun

bok m (plural bokken, diminutive bokje)

1. male goat
2. (gymnastics) horse

Derived terms

• zondebok

Verb

bok

1. first-person singular present indicative of bokken
2. imperative of bokken

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Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA: [bɔk]

Noun

bok m

1. page (one side of a leaf of a book)

Declension

declension of bok

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	bok	boka	boki
Genitive	boka	bokowu	bokow
Dative	bokoju	bokoma	bokam
Accusative	bok	boka	boki
Instrumental	bokom	bokoma	bokami
Locative	boku	bokoma	bokach

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Marshallese

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• MED Phonemes: {bẹkʷ}
• IPA Phonemes: /pˠɘkʷ/
• IPA Articulation: [pˠɤ͡okʷ]

Noun

bok

1. blister
2. chicken pox

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• MED Phonemes: {bẹkʷ}
• IPA Phonemes: /pˠɘkʷ/
• IPA Articulation: [pˠɤ͡okʷ]

Noun

bok

1. bladder

Etymology 3

From English book.

Pronunciation

• MED Phonemes: {bẹkʷ}
• IPA Phonemes: /pˠɘkʷ/
• IPA Articulation: [pˠɤ͡okʷ]

Noun

bok

1. book

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

• MED Phonemes: {bekʷ}
• IPA Phonemes: /pˠɜkʷ/
• IPA Articulation: [pˠʌ͡ɔkʷ]

Noun

bok

1. sand
2. sandspit
3. sandbar

References

• Marshallese-English Online Dictionary

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Norwegian

Etymology

From Old Norse bók, from Proto-Germanic *bōks.

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

bok m and f (Bokmål), f (Nynorsk)

1. book

Inflection

    Inflection of bok

	indefinite singular	definite singular	indefinite plural	definite plural
Bokmål f	bok	boka	bøker	bøkene
Bokmål m	bok	boken	bøker	bøkene
Nynorsk f	bok	boka [boki]	bøker	bøkene

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Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *bōks, whence also Old English bōc, Old Frisian bōk, Old High German buoh, Old Norse bók.

Noun

bōk f

1. book

Declension

Declension of bōk

	Singular	Plural
nominative	bōk	bēk
accusative	bōk	bēk
genitive	bōkes	bōkō
dative	bōke	bōkum

Descendants

• Middle Low German: bōk, buk
  • German Low German: Book

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Polish

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *bokъ

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

bok m

1. side

Synonyms

• strona

Declension

    declension of bok

	singular	plural
nominative	bok	boki
genitive	boku	boków
dative	bokowi	bokom
accusative	bok	boki
instrumental	bokiem	bokami
locative	boku	bokach
vocative	boku	boki

See also

• na bok
• z boku

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *bokъ.

Noun

bȍk m (Cyrillic spelling бо̏к)

1. side
2. flank

Declension

    declension of bok

	singular	plural
nominative	bok	bokovi
genitive	boka	bokova
dative	boku	bokovima
accusative	bok	bokove
vocative	boku	bokovi
locative	boku	bokovima
instrumental	bokom	bokovima

Interjection

bok (Cyrillic spelling бок)

1. (Croatia) hi

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Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse bók, from Proto-Germanic *bōks.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /buːk/

• audio

  (file)

Noun

bok c

1. book:
   1. collection of sheets of paper
   2. a work of literature
   3. a major division of a published work
2. beech

Declension

Declension of bok 1

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bok	boken	böcker	böckerna
genitive	boks	bokens	böckers	böckernas

Declension of bok 2

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bok	boken	bokar	bokarna
genitive	boks	bokens	bokars	bokarnas

Derived terms

book

anteckningsbok boka bokanmälan bokantikvariat bokare bokauktion bokband bokbar bokbestånd bokbindare bokbinderi bokbindning bokbord bokbuss bokbål bokcafé bokcirkel bokfilm bokflod bokform bokformat bokföra bokförare bokföring bokförlag bokförläggare

bokförsäljare bokhandel bokhylla bokhållare bokillustration bokkafé bokklubb boklig boklåda boklån boklärd bokläsare bokmal bokmarknad bokmoms bokmål bokmärke bokmässa bokning bokomslag bokpris bokpärm bokrea bokrecenssion bokrulle bokrygg

boksamlare boksamling bokserie boksida bokskåp bokslukare bokslut bokstav bokstavera bokstavering bokstavlig bokstavligen bokstöd boksynt boktitel boktryck boktryckare boktryckeri bokutgivning bokutlåning bokvagn bokverk bokälskare

bredvidläsningsbok dagbok dödbok faktabok flickbok föra bok handbok historiebok huvudbok kyrkbok loggbok läsebok läxbok ordbok plånbok pocketbok pojkbok räknebok sagobok skrivbok textbok uppslagsbok vaxduksbok årsbok äventyrsbok

beech

• bokfanér
• bokollon
• bokskog
• bokträd

References

• bok in Svenska Akademiens Ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)

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Turkish

Etymology

From Old Turkic bok, from Proto-Turkic *bok (“dirt, dung”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /bɔk/

Noun

bok (definite accusative boku, plural boklar)

1. shit (solid excretory product evacuated from the bowel)

Derived terms

• boklama
• boklamak
• boklu
• bokluk

Declension

declension of bok

	singular (tekil)	plural (çoğul)
nominative (yalın)	bok	boklar
definite accusative (belirtme)	boku	bokları
dative (yönelme)	boka	boklara
locative (bulunma)	bokta	boklarda
ablative (çıkma)	boktan	boklardan
genitive (tamlayan)	bokun	bokların

possessive forms of bok

nominative	singular	plural
benim (my)	bokum	boklarım
senin (your)	bokun	bokların
onun (his/her/its)	boku	bokları
bizim (our)	bokumuz	boklarımız
sizin (your)	bokunuz	boklarınız
onların (their)	bokları	bokları
accusative	singular	plural
benim (my)	bokumu	boklarımı
senin (your)	bokunu	boklarını
onun (his/her/its)	bokunu	boklarını
bizim (our)	bokumuzu	boklarımızı
sizin (your)	bokunuzu	boklarınızı
onların (their)	boklarını	boklarını
dative	singular	plural
benim (my)	bokuma	boklarıma
senin (your)	bokuna	boklarına
onun (his/her/its)	bokuna	boklarına
bizim (our)	bokumuza	boklarımıza
sizin (your)	bokunuza	boklarınıza
onların (their)	boklarına	boklarına
locative	singular	plural
benim (my)	bokumda	boklarımda
senin (your)	bokunda	boklarında
onun (his/her/its)	bokunda	boklarında
bizim (our)	bokumuzda	boklarımızda
sizin (your)	bokunuzda	boklarınızda
onların (their)	boklarında	boklarında
ablative	singular	plural
benim (my)	bokumdan	boklarımdan
senin (your)	bokundan	boklarından
onun (his/her/its)	bokundan	boklarından
bizim (our)	bokumuzdan	boklarımızdan
sizin (your)	bokunuzdan	boklarınızdan
onların (their)	boklarından	boklarından
genitive	singular	plural
benim (my)	bokumun	boklarımın
senin (your)	bokunun	boklarının
onun (his/her/its)	bokunun	boklarının
bizim (our)	bokumuzun	boklarımızın
sizin (your)	bokunuzun	boklarınızın
onların (their)	boklarının	boklarının

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Volapük

Pronunciation

• IPA: /bok/

Noun

bok (plural boks)

1. box

Declension

declension of bok

	singular	plural
nominative	bok	boks
genitive	boka	bokas
dative	boke	bokes
accusative	boki	bokis
predicative	boku	bokus
vocative	o bok!	o boks!

Derived terms

• bokül