buuc

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch būc, from Proto-Germanic *būkaz.

Noun

buuc m

1. belly
2. abdomen
3. half of a slaughtered animal

Inflection

Strong masculine noun

	singular	plural
nominative	buuc	buke
accusative	buuc	buke
genitive	buucs	buke
dative	buke	buken

Descendants

• Dutch: buik
  • Afrikaans: buik
  • Negerhollands: buk, big, bik
  • Skepi Creole Dutch: buk
• Limburgish: boek
• West Flemish: buuk
• Zealandic: buuk

Further reading

• “buuc”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “buuc”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN