buk

See also: Buk, búk, bûk, būk, and bük

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch bukken, from Middle Dutch bucken, from Old Dutch *bukken, from Proto-Germanic *bukkijaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bœk/

Verb

buk (present buk, present participle bukkende, past participle gebuk)

1. (intransitive) to crouch, to duck

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Blagar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /buk/

Noun

buk

1. book

References

• H. Steinhauer, "Going" and "Coming" in the Blagar of Dolap (Pura--Alor--Indonesia) (1977)

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Czech

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *bukъ, apparently from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂ǵos (“beech tree”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /buk/

Noun

, inanimate

1. beech (beech tree)

Derived terms

Derived terms

• bučina
• buk lesní

• bukový
• bukvice

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Dupaningan Agta

Noun

buk

1. hair

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -ʏk

Verb

buk

1. (deprecated template usage) first-person singular present indicative of bukken
2. (deprecated template usage) imperative of bukken

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German

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Verb

buk

1. (deprecated template usage) First-person singular preterite of backen.
2. (deprecated template usage) Third-person singular preterite of backen.

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Ida'an

Etymology

From English book.

Noun

buk

1. book

References

• Nelleke Elisabeth Goudswaard, The Begak (Ida'an) language of Sabah (2005)

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Lower Sorbian

buki

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *bukъ, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂ǵos. Cognate with Upper Sorbian buk, Polish buk, Czech buk, Russian бук (buk), and Serbo-Croatian bȕkva.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /buk/

Noun

buk m ?

1. beech (tree of genus Fagus)
2. (specifically) European beech, Fagus sylvatica

Declension

Declension of buk

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	buk	buka	buki
Genitive	buka	bukowu	bukow
Dative	bukoju	bukoma	bukam
Accusative	buk	buka	buki
Instrumental	bukom	bukoma	bukami
Locative	buku	bukoma	bukach

Further reading

• Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “buk”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
• Starosta, Manfred (1999) “buk”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

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Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English būc.

Noun

buk (plural buks)

1. Alternative form of bouk

Etymology 2

From Old English bucca.

Noun

buk

1. Alternative form of bukke

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Middle Low German

Etymology

From Old Saxon būk, from Proto-Germanic *būkaz (“belly, body”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /buːk/

Noun

bûk m (genitive bukes, dative buke)

1. stomach, belly, abdomen, torso
2. carcass (a slaughtered animal)

Synonyms

• lif (body, figurative for belly)
• mage (stomach)

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North Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian bōk. Cognates include Mooring North Frisian bök and West Frisian boek.

Noun

buk n (plural buken)

1. (Föhr-Amrum) book

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse búkr

Noun

buk m (definite singular buken, indefinite plural buker, definite plural bukene)

1. belly, abdomen, stomach

Synonyms

• mage

Derived terms

• buktaler

References

• “buk” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse búkr

Noun

buk m (definite singular buken, indefinite plural bukar, definite plural bukane)

1. belly, abdomen, stomach

Synonyms

• mage

Derived terms

• buktalar

References

• “buk” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Old Frisian

Noun

būk m

1. belly

Inflection

Declension of būk (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	būk	būkar, būka
genitive	būkes	būka
dative	būke	būkum, būkem
accusative	būk	būkar, būka

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Polish

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *bukъ

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /buk/

• audio

  (file)

• Homophones: bóg, Bóg, Bug

Noun

buk m inan (diminutive buczek)

1. beech (tree)
2. beechwood

Declension

Declension of buk

	singular	plural
nominative	buk	buki
genitive	buku/buka	buków
dative	bukowi	bukom
accusative	buk	buki
instrumental	bukiem	bukami
locative	buku	bukach
vocative	buku	buki

Related terms

• buczyna
• bukiew
• bukowy

Further reading

• Template:R:PWN

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From bȕka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bûːk/

Noun

bȗk m (Cyrillic spelling бу̑к)

1. cascade, rapids, cataract
2. waterfall
3. the sound of a strong water stream

Declension

Declension of buk

	singular	plural
nominative	bȗk	bȕkovi/bȗci
genitive	buka	bukova/buka
dative	buku	bukovima/bucima
accusative	buk	bukove/buke
vocative	buče	bukovi/buci
locative	buku	bukovima/bucima
instrumental	bukom	bukovima/bucima

References

• “buk” in Hrvatski jezični portal

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Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish būker, from Old Norse búkr, from Proto-Germanic *būkaz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰōw-.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ʉːk

Noun

buk c

1. belly
2. abdomen
3. paunch

Declension

Declension of buk
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	buk	buken	bukar	bukarna
Genitive	buks	bukens	bukars	bukarnas

Anagrams

• kub

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Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English book.

Noun

buk

1. book

Descendants

• → Rotokas: vuku

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Volapük

Etymology

From English book.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /buk/

Noun

buk (nominative plural buks)

1. book

Declension

declension of buk

	singular	plural
nominative	buk	buks
genitive	buka	bukas
dative	buke	bukes
accusative	buki	bukis
vocative 1	o buk!	o buks!
predicative 2	buku	bukus

• ¹ status as a case is disputed
• ² in later, non-classical Volapük only

Derived terms

• bukabled
• bukem
• bukeman
• bukemik
• buk fliodik
• bukik
• bukiselidöp
• bukitanädan
• fliodabuk
• lebuk
• vödabuk

See also

• fliod
• gased

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West Flemish

Etymology

From Middle Dutch buc, variant of boc, from Old Dutch buc, from Proto-Germanic *bukkaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bək/

Noun

buk m (plural buks, diminutive buktje)

1. buck, male goat, male rabbit