vuku

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See also: Vuku and vʉkʉ

Jamtish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Norse viku, accusative of vika, from Proto-Germanic *wikǭ.

Pronunciation

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  • (Western dialects) IPA(key): [²ʋɵˑkʉ][1]
  • (Central dialects) IPA(key): [²ʋɔːkɔ][2]
  • (Hackås, Oviken) IPA(key): [²ʋɔkːɵ][3]

Noun

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vuku f

  1. week

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ Geijer, Herman. 1922. Tilljämningens och apokopens utbredningsvägar. p. 27
  2. ^ Geijer 1922. p. 25
  3. ^ Österberg, Karl Lorenz. 1914. Ovikens bygdemål i Jämtland. pp. 80

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology 1

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Metaphony of another form, viku, originally also the oblique singular form of Old Norse vika (week), a shared development with Jamtish vuku. A similar metaphony seems to have taken place with Old English wucu. Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *wikǭ, cognate with English week.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [²ʋʉˑ.kʉ], [²ʋɵˑ.kʉ], [²ʋɵˑ.kɵ]
  • (Trøndelag) IPA(key): [²ʋʉk.kʉ]
  • (Selbu) IPA(key): [²ʋʉˑ.kʉ], def. IPA(key): [²ʋu̞ˑ.kũ̞]
  • Note: The vowels are short or half-long in all the declensions.
  • Homophone: Vuku

Noun

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vuku f

  1. (dialectal, Trøndelag, Østerdalsmål, Central Gudbrandsdal) alternative form of veke f (week)
Declension
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Etymology 2

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Metaphony of another form, vòku, from Old Norse vǫku, oblique cases singular of vaka.

Noun

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vuku f (definite singular vuko, indefinite plural vukur, definite plural vukune)

  1. (Midlandsnormalen) (pre-1917) alternative form of voke

Anagrams

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Rotokas

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Etymology 1

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Adjective

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vuku

  1. full (stomach)

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Tok Pisin buk, from English book, from Middle English bok, from Old English bōc, from Proto-Germanic *bōks, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂ǵos.

Noun

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vuku

  1. book
Derived terms
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Serbo-Croatian

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Noun

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vuku

  1. dative/locative singular of vuk

Verb

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vuku (Cyrillic spelling вуку)

  1. third-person plural present indicative of vući

Turkish

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Etymology

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From Ottoman Turkish وقوع (vuku, event; fall), from Arabic وُقُوع (wuqūʕ), verbal noun of وَقَعَ (waqaʕa).

Noun

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vuku (definite accusative vukuu, plural vukular)

  1. event, occurrence
    vuku bulmakto happen

References

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  • Kélékian, Diran (1911) “وقوع”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1314
  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “vuku”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN