buk

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See also: Buk, BUK, búk, bûk, būk, bük, and ƀŭk

Afrikaans[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Dutch bukken, from Middle Dutch bucken, from Old Dutch *bukken, from Proto-Germanic *bukkijaną.

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

buk (present buk, present participle bukkende, past participle gebuk)

  1. (intransitive) to crouch, to duck

Blagar[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

buk

  1. book

References[edit]

Czech[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bukъ, apparently from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂ǵos (“beech tree”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

buk m inan

  1. beech (beech tree)

Declension[edit]

Declension of buk (velar masculine inanimate)
singular plural
nominative buk buky
genitive buku buků
dative buku bukům
accusative buk buky
vocative buku buky
locative buku bucích
instrumental bukem buky

Derived terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • buk in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • buk in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Danish[edit]

Noun[edit]

buk

  1. ram (male sheep)
  2. male goat

Dupaningan Agta[edit]

Noun[edit]

buk

  1. head hair

Dutch[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ʏk

Verb[edit]

buk

  1. inflection of bukken:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. imperative

German[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

buk

  1. first/third-person singular preterite of backen

Usage notes[edit]

Sometimes treated as weak verb (backte). See backen.

Iban[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Malayic *buək, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buhək, from Proto-Austronesian *bukəS.

Noun[edit]

buk

  1. (anatomy) hair

Ida'an[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From English book.

Noun[edit]

buk

  1. book

References[edit]

  • Nelleke Elisabeth Goudswaard, The Begak (Ida'an) language of Sabah (2005)

Indonesian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈbʊk]
  • Hyphenation: buk

Etymology 1[edit]

Onomatopoeic.

Noun[edit]

buk (first-person possessive bukku, second-person possessive bukmu, third-person possessive buknya)

  1. a sound of a large ripe fruit (object) falling to the ground
    Synonym: debuk

Etymology 2[edit]

From Dutch boek (“to book”) or English book (“to book”).

Verb[edit]

buk

  1. (colloquial) to book.
    Synonym: pesan
Derived terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

Jamaican Creole[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Derived from English book.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

buk (plural buk dem, quantified buk)

  1. book

Further reading[edit]

Javanese[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Dutch boek (“book”).

Noun[edit]

buk (krama ngoko buk)

  1. Alternative spelling of buku

References[edit]

  • The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2015) “buk”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN


Karo Batak[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buhək, from Proto-Austronesian *bukəS.

Noun[edit]

buk

  1. hair (filament which grows on the human head)

References[edit]

Lower Sorbian[edit]

buki

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Slavic *bukъ. Cognate with Upper Sorbian buk, Polish buk, Czech buk, Russian бук (buk), and Serbo-Croatian bȕkva.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

buk m inan

  1. beech (tree of genus Fagus)
  2. (specifically) European beech, Fagus sylvatica

Declension[edit]

Declension of buk
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative buk buka buki
Genitive buka bukowu bukow
Dative bukoju bukoma bukam
Accusative buk buka buki
Instrumental bukom bukoma bukami
Locative buku bukoma bukach

Further reading[edit]

  • Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “buk”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
  • Starosta, Manfred (1999) “buk”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

Maguindanao[edit]

Noun[edit]

buk

  1. head hair

Middle English[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Noun[edit]

buk

  1. Alternative form of bok

Etymology 2[edit]

Noun[edit]

buk

  1. Alternative form of bouk

Etymology 3[edit]

Noun[edit]

buk

  1. Alternative form of bukke

Middle Low German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Saxon būk, from Proto-Germanic *būkaz (“belly, body”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

bûk m (genitive bukes, dative buke)

  1. stomach, belly, abdomen, torso
  2. carcass (a slaughtered animal)

Synonyms[edit]

  • lif (body, figurative for belly)
  • mage (stomach)

Nigerian Pidgin[edit]

Nigerian Pidgin Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pcm

Noun[edit]

buk

  1. book

North Frisian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Frisian bōk. Cognates include Mooring North Frisian bök and West Frisian boek.

Noun[edit]

buk n (plural buken)

  1. (Föhr-Amrum) book

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse búkr.

Noun[edit]

buk m (definite singular buken, indefinite plural buker, definite plural bukene)

  1. belly, abdomen, stomach

Synonyms[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse búkr.

Noun[edit]

buk m (definite singular buken, indefinite plural bukar, definite plural bukane)

  1. belly, abdomen, stomach

Synonyms[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

Old Frisian[edit]

Noun[edit]

būk m

  1. belly

Inflection[edit]

Declension of būk (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative būk būkar, būka
genitive būkes būka
dative būke būkum, būkem
accusative būk būkar, būka

Polish[edit]

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl
buk

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bukъ.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

buk m inan (diminutive buczek, related adjective bukowy)

  1. beech (any tree of the genus Fagus)

Declension[edit]

Declension of buk
singular plural
nominative buk buki
genitive buku/buka buków
dative bukowi bukom
accusative buk buki
instrumental bukiem bukami
locative buku bukach
vocative buku buki

Noun[edit]

buk m inan

  1. beechwood (wood of the beech tree)
    Synonym: buczyna

Declension[edit]

Declension of buk
singular plural
nominative buk buki
genitive buku buków
dative bukowi bukom
accusative buk buki
instrumental bukiem bukami
locative buku bukach
vocative buku buki

Derived terms[edit]

nouns

Further reading[edit]

  • buk in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • buk in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • buk in PWN's encyclopedia

Serbo-Croatian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From bȕka.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

bȗk m (Cyrillic spelling бу̑к)

  1. cascade, rapids, cataract
  2. waterfall
  3. the sound of a strong water stream

Declension[edit]

Declension of buk
singular plural
nominative bȗk bȕkovi/bȗci
genitive buka bukova/buka
dative buku bukovima/bucima
accusative buk bukove/buke
vocative buče bukovi/buci
locative buku bukovima/bucima
instrumental bukom bukovima/bucima

Synonyms[edit]

References[edit]

  • “buk” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Swedish būker, from Old Norse búkr, from Proto-Germanic *būkaz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰōw-.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

buk c

  1. belly
  2. abdomen
  3. paunch

Declension[edit]

Declension of buk 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative buk buken bukar bukarna
Genitive buks bukens bukars bukarnas

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

Tok Pisin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From English book.

Noun[edit]

buk

  1. book

Descendants[edit]

  • → Rotokas: vuku

Volapük[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From English book.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

buk (nominative plural buks)

  1. book

Declension[edit]

declension of buk
singular plural
nominative buk buks
genitive buka bukas
dative buke bukes
accusative buki bukis
vocative 1 o buk! o buks!
predicative 2 buku bukus
  • 1 status as a case is disputed
  • 2 in later, non-classical Volapük only

Derived terms[edit]

See also[edit]

West Flemish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Dutch buc, variant of boc, from Old Dutch buc, from Proto-Germanic *bukkaz.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

buk m (plural buks, diminutive buktje)

  1. buck, male goat, male rabbit

Yogad[edit]

Noun[edit]

buk

  1. hair
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