boch

Cimbrian

Alternative forms

• bòcha (Sette Comuni)

Etymology

From Middle High German woche, from Old High German wohha, an alteration of wehha, from Proto-Germanic *wikǭ (“sequence; week”). Cognate with German Woche, Dutch week, English week, Icelandic vika.

Noun

boch f (plural bochan)

1. (Luserna) week

References

• Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

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Tzotzil

boch

boch

FWOTD – 14 March 2017

Pronunciation

• (Zinacantán) IPA^(key): [ɓɔt͡ɕʰ]

Noun

boch

1. calabash tree (Crescentia cujete)
2. container made of a fruit of the above plant

Derived terms

• pisis boch teʼ

References

• “boč” in Laughlin, Robert M. (1975) The Great Tzotzil Dictionary of San Lorenzo Zinacantán. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press.

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Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *box, borrowed from Latin bucca (“cheek”). Cognate with Cornish bogh (“cheek”), Breton boc'h (“cheek”), Scottish Gaelic bòc (“surge, swell”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /boːχ/

Noun

boch f (plural bochau)

1. cheek, jaw

Synonyms

• grudd

Derived terms

• bochyn m, bochig f (diminutive)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
boch	foch	moch	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “boch”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies