puk

See also: Puk, puk-, puk⁷, puk⁸, pu·k, pük, and пук

Albanian

Etymology

From Latin publica.

Noun

puk m (plural puka, definite puki, definite plural pukat)

1. fool
2. idiot

Chuukese

Etymology

Borrowed from English book.

Noun

puk

1. book

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpuk]

Noun

puk m inan

1. (ice hockey) puck

   Synonyms: kotouč, touš

2. bud
3. fissure, crack
4. puff of smoke
5. pleat, fold

Declension

Declension of puk (velar masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	puk	puky
genitive	puku	puků
dative	puku	pukům
accusative	puk	puky
vocative	puku	puky
locative	puku	pucích
instrumental	pukem	puky

Noun

puk m anim

1. (folklore) puck (mischievous spirit)

   Synonyms: kotouč, touš

Declension

Declension of puk (velar masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	puk	pukové
genitive	puka	puků
dative	pukovi, puku	pukům
accusative	puka	puky
vocative	puku	pukové
locative	pukovi, puku	pucích
instrumental	pukem	puky

Further reading

• puk in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• puk in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
• puk in Internetová jazyková příručka

Mokilese

Etymology

Borrowed from English book, from Middle English bok, book, from Old English bōc, from Proto-West Germanic *bōk, from Proto-Germanic *bōks

Noun

puk (indefinite pukkoaw)

1. book

Naga Pidgin

Etymology

Inherited from Assamese পোক (pük).

Noun

puk

1. insect

   Synonym: kira

Norman

Alternative forms

• pouque (Jersey)

Etymology

From Old Northern French poque, puque (compare Old French puche, modern French poche), from Old Norse poki. Compare also English pocket, poke (noun) from the same source through Anglo-Norman.

Noun

puk f (plural puks)

1. (Sark) bag

Polish

Alternative forms

• puk-puk

Etymology

Deverbal from pukać.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /puk/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -uk
• Syllabification: puk
• Homophone: Puk

Interjection

puk

1. knock knock (used in lieu of knocking (e.g. on the door), when it is not possible to knock)

Noun

puk m inan

1. (rare) knock (abrupt rapping sound, as from an impact of a hard object against wood)

   Synonyms: pukanie, stukanie

Declension

Declension of puk

	singular	plural
nominative	puk	puki
genitive	puku	puków
dative	pukowi	pukom
accusative	puk	puki
instrumental	pukiem	pukami
locative	puku	pukach
vocative	puku	puki

Further reading

• puk in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Semai

Etymology

From Proto-Aslian *puk (“chicken”).

Noun

puk

1. chicken

Synonyms

• manuk

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From earlier *puok, from older plk, from Proto-Slavic *pъlkъ, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *fulkaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pûːk/

Noun

pȗk m (Cyrillic spelling пу̑к)

1. folk, people

Declension

Declension of puk

	singular	plural
nominative	pȗk	púkovi / pȗci
genitive	pȗka	púkova / pȗkā
dative	pȗku	púkovima / pȗcima
accusative	pȗk	púkove / pȗke
vocative	pȗče	púkovi / pȗci
locative	pȗku	púkovima / pȗcima
instrumental	pȗkom	púkovima / pȗcima

Further reading

• “puk” in Hrvatski jezični portal
• “puk” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Tulu-Bohuai

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /puk/

Noun

puk

1. banana

Further reading

• Bohuai
• Malcolm Ross, Proto Oceanic and the Austronesian Languages of Western Melanesia, Pacific Linguistics, series C-98 (1988)