boek

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Afrikaans[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Dutch boek, from Middle Dutch boec, from Old Dutch buok, from Proto-Germanic *bōks.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /buk/, [bʊk][1]
  • Audio(file)

Noun[edit]

boek (plural boeke, diminutive boekie)

  1. book

References[edit]

  1. ^ 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

Dutch[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Middle Dutch boec, from Old Dutch buok, from Proto-West Germanic *bōk, from Proto-Germanic *bōks.

Compare West Frisian boek, Low German Book, German Buch, English book, Danish bog.

Noun[edit]

boek n (plural boeken, diminutive boekje n or boekske n)

  1. book
  2. (obsolete, Holland) omasum
    Synonyms: boekmaag, boekpens
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
  • Afrikaans: boek
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: buku
  • Negerhollands: boek, bok, buki
  • Petjo: boek
  • Skepi Creole Dutch: buk
  • → Caribbean Hindustani: buk
  • → Caribbean Javanese: buku
  • → Javanese: ꦧꦸꦏꦸ (buku)
  • → Malay: buku
  • → Papiamentu: buki, boeki (from the diminutive)
  • → Sranan Tongo: buku

Etymology 2[edit]

Verb[edit]

boek

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

Anagrams[edit]

Javanese[edit]

Noun[edit]

boek

  1. Dated spelling of buk.

West Frisian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Frisian bōk, from Proto-West Germanic *bōk, from Proto-Germanic *bōks.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

boek n (plural boeken, diminutive boekje)

  1. book

Derived terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • “boek (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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