bok

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See also: Bok, bök, bók, and bøk

English[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

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Etymology 1[edit]

From Afrikaans bok. Doublet of buck.

Adjective[edit]

bok

  1. (South Africa, slang) keen or willing.
    "Do you want to go to the movies?" "Ja, I'm bok."

Etymology 2[edit]

Imitative

Interjection[edit]

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[edit]

Afrikaans[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Dutch bok (“buck, male goat”), from Middle Dutch boc, from Old Dutch buc, from Proto-Germanic *bukkaz.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

bok (plural bokke, diminutive bokkie)

  1. goat
  2. antelope, buck
    Synonym: wildsbok
  3. (slang) lover (term of affection)
    Synonym: bokkie
  4. vaulting horse
  5. blunder

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • → Xhosa: ibhokhwe

Adjective[edit]

bok (attributive bokke, comparative bokker, superlative bokste)

  1. keen, willing

Cebuano[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Philippine English bok, from bunk, shortened from bunkmate.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Hyphenation: bok

Noun[edit]

bok

  1. one's batchmate or classmate in the Philippine Military Academy

Choctaw[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Attested as bayuk in the 17th century.

Noun[edit]

bōk (alienable)

  1. creek, stream
  2. river

Declension[edit]

possessive (alienable) singular paucal plural
first-person ("my, our") abōk pibōk hapibōk
second-person ("thy, your") chibōk hachibōk
third-person ("his, her,
its, their") 		ibōk
absolute nominative accusative oblique
neutral bōk bōkat bōka bōkak
contrastive bōkakō bōkakōsh bōkako bōkakakō
bōkato bōkano
focus bōkō bōkakō
bōkōsh bōko
-ma
"that, there" 		-pa
"this, here" 		-kia
"also, too" 		-ba
"only" 		-ōk
"but" 		-akhī
pejorative
bōkma bōkpa bōk(ak)kia bōkba bōkōk bōkakhī

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

Czech[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Slavic *bokъ.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

bok m

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

Declension[edit]

Declension
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[edit]

Further reading[edit]

Dutch[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /bɔk/
  • Audio
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  • Hyphenation: bok
  • Rhymes: -ɔk

Etymology 1[edit]

From Middle Dutch boc, from Old Dutch buc, from Proto-West Germanic *bukk, from Proto-Germanic *bukkaz.

Noun[edit]

bok m (plural bokken, diminutive bokje n)

  1. male goat, buck, billy
    Synonym: geitenbok
  2. (gymnastics) vaulting horse
  3. a crane on legs
  4. box, perch (driver's seat on a carriage)
  5. (printing) job case, type case
  6. sawbuck, buck
    Synonym: zaagbok
  7. (derogatory) churl, grouch
  8. (derogatory) oaf, bumpkin
Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb[edit]

bok

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

Lower Sorbian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Slavic *bokъ. Cognate with Upper Sorbian bok, Polish bok, Czech bok, Russian бок (bok), and Serbo-Croatian bȍk.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

bok m

  1. side (bounding straight edge of an object; flat surface of an object; left or right half; surface of a sheet of paper)
  2. page (one side of a leaf of a book)
  3. (chiefly in the dual) breast (organs on the front of a woman’s chest, which contain the mammary glands)
    Synonym: prědk

Declension[edit]

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
  • Alternative locative singular: boce

Further reading[edit]

  • bok in Ernst Muka/Mucke (St. Petersburg and Prague 1911–28): Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow / Wörterbuch der nieder-wendischen Sprache und ihrer Dialekte. Reprinted 2008, Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag.
  • bok in Manfred Starosta (1999): Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag.

Marshallese[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

bok

  1. blister
  2. chicken pox

Etymology 2[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

bok

  1. bladder

Etymology 3[edit]

From English book.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

bok (construct form bokin)

  1. book

Etymology 4[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

bok

  1. sand
  2. sandspit
  3. sandbar

References[edit]

Middle English[edit]

Noun[edit]

bok

  1. Alternative form of booke

Middle Low German[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

bôk n

  1. book
  2. beechnut

Descendants[edit]

  • Low German:
    Dutch Low Saxon: book
    German Low German: Book
  • Plautdietsch: Buak

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia no

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse bók (“beech, book”), from Proto-Germanic *bōks (“letter”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂ǵos (“beech”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

bok f or m (definite singular boka or boken, indefinite plural bøker, definite plural bøkene)

  1. a book

Derived terms[edit]

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia no

Noun[edit]

bok f or m (definite singular boka or boken, indefinite plural boker, definite plural bokene)

  1. a beech (tree).

Alternative forms[edit]

References[edit]

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse bók, from Proto-Germanic *bōks. Akin to English book.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

bok f (definite singular boka, indefinite plural bøker, definite plural bøkene)

  1. a book

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

Old Saxon[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

bōk f or n

  1. book

Declension[edit]

Declension of bōk (feminine i-stem)
singular plural
nominative bōk bōki
accusative bōk bōki
genitive bōki bōkiō
dative bōki bōkium
instrumental — —


Declension 2[edit]

Declension of bōk (neuter a-stem)
singular plural
nominative bōk bōk
accusative bōk bōk
genitive bōkes bōkō
dative bōke bōkun
instrumental — —


Descendants[edit]

  • Middle Low German: bôk, buk
    • Low German:
      Dutch Low Saxon: book
      German Low German: Book
    • Plautdietsch: Buak

Old Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

bōk f

  1. book

Declension[edit]

Declension of bōk (consonant stem)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative bōk bōkin bø̄ker bø̄krina(r), -rena(r)
accusative bōk bōkina, -ena bø̄ker bø̄krina(r), -rena(r)
dative bōk bōkinni, -inne bōkum, -om bōkumin, -omen
genitive bōka(r) bōkinna(r) bōka bōkanna

Descendants[edit]

Polish[edit]

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Slavic *bokъ

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

bok m inan

  1. side
    Synonym: strona

Declension[edit]

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

Derived terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • bok in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • bok in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Proto-Slavic *bokъ.

Noun[edit]

bȍk m (Cyrillic spelling бо̏к)

  1. side
    bok uz bok ― side by side
  2. flank
Declension[edit]
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

Etymology 2[edit]

From Proto-Slavic *bogъ. Other fringe theories exist but are largely unsupported.

Alternative forms[edit]

Interjection[edit]

bok (Cyrillic spelling бок)

  1. (Croatia) hi
    Synonyms: zdravo, pozdrav, ćao
  2. (Croatia) bye
    Synonyms: zbogom, zdravo, pozdrav, ćao

Swedish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old Swedish bōk, from Old Norse bók, from Proto-Germanic *bōks, of uncertain origin but usually connected to Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂ǵ- (“beech”) or Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂g- (“to allot”)

Noun[edit]

bok c

  1. book:
    1. collection of sheets of paper
    2. a work of literature
    3. a major division of a published work
Declension[edit]
Declension of bok 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative bok boken böcker böckerna
Genitive boks bokens böckers böckernas
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Swedish bōk, from Old Norse bók, from Proto-Germanic *bōkō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂ǵos.

Noun[edit]

bok c

  1. beech
Declension[edit]
Declension of bok 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative bok boken bokar bokarna
Genitive boks bokens bokars bokarnas
Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

Turkish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

bok (definite accusative boku, plural boklar)

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

Declension[edit]

Inflection
Nominative bok
Definite accusative boku
Singular Plural
Nominative bok boklar
Definite accusative boku bokları
Dative boka boklara
Locative bokta boklarda
Ablative boktan boklardan
Genitive bokun bokların
Possessive forms
Singular Plural
1st singular bokum boklarım
2nd singular bokun bokların
3rd singular boku bokları
1st plural bokumuz boklarımız
2nd plural bokunuz boklarınız
3rd plural bokları bokları

Derived terms[edit]

Volapük[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

bok (nominative plural boks)

  1. box

Declension[edit]

declension of bok
singular plural
nominative bok boks
genitive boka bokas
dative boke bokes
accusative boki bokis
vocative 1 o bok! o boks!
predicative 2 boku bokus
  • 1 status as a case is disputed
  • 2 in later, non-classical Volapük only

Derived terms[edit]

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