buks

See also: Buks

Cimbrian

Alternative forms

• vuks (Luserna, Tredici Comuni)

Etymology

From Middle High German vuhs, from Old High German fuhs, from Proto-Germanic *fuhsaz (“fox”). Cognate with German Fuchs, English fox.

Noun

buks m (plural bükse)

1. (Sette Comuni) fox

   De bükse zeint baltze zèchlen. ― Foxes are clever animals.

References

• “buks” in Martalar, Umberto Martello, Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo
• 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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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʏks/

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Etymology 1

Borrowed from German Büchse.

Noun

buks f or m (plural buksen, diminutive buksje n)

1. shotgun

Etymology 2

Noun

buks m (plural buksen, diminutive buksje n)

1. box (tree)

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Old Prussian

Noun

buks m

1. beech (tree)

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Swedish

Noun

buks

1. (deprecated template usage) indefinite genitive singular of buk

Anagrams

• kubs

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Volapük

Noun

buks

1. plural of buk