bouk
See also: Bouk
English
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Etymology
From Middle English bouk, from Old English būc (“belly, stomach, pitcher”), from Proto-Germanic *būkaz (“belly, body”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰōw- (“to blow, swell”). Cognate with Scots bouk, bowk, buik (“body, carcass”), Dutch buik (“belly”), German Bauch (“belly”), Swedish buk (“belly, abdomen”), Icelandic búkur (“torso”). See also bucket.
Pronunciation
Noun
bouk (plural bouks)
- (UK dialectal or obsolete) The belly.
- (UK dialectal) The trunk or torso of the body, hence the body itself.
- (UK dialectal) The carcass of a slaughtered animal.
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Marshallese
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Pronunciation
Noun
bouk
References
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old English būc, from Proto-Germanic *būkaz.
Pronunciation
Noun
bouk (plural boukes or bouken)
Descendants
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- Scots: bouk, bowk, buik
References
- “bǒuk (n.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-03.
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