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A buk

Borrowed from Korean (buk).

buk (plural buks)

  1. a traditional Korean drum

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

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

  1. (intransitive) to crouch, to duck

buk

  1. book

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bukъ, apparently from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂ǵos (beech tree).

buk m inan

  1. beech (beech tree)
  • buk”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • buk”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

buk

  1. ram (male sheep)
  2. male goat

buk

  1. head hair

buk

  1. inflection of bukken:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
    3. imperative

buk

  1. first/third-person singular preterite of backen

Sometimes treated as weak verb (backte). See backen.

From Proto-Malayic *buək, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buhək, from Proto-Austronesian *bukəS.

buk

  1. (anatomy) hair

From English book.

buk

  1. book
  • Nelleke Elisabeth Goudswaard, The Begak (Ida'an) language of Sabah (2005)
  • IPA(key): [ˈbʊk]
  • Hyphenation: buk

Onomatopoeic.

buk (first-person possessive bukku, second-person possessive bukmu, third-person possessive buknya)

  1. a sound of a large ripe fruit (object) falling to the ground
    Synonym: debuk

From Dutch boek (to book) or English book (to book).

buk

  1. (colloquial) to book.
    Synonym: pesan

Derived from English book.

buk (plural buk dem, quantified buk)

  1. book

Borrowed from Dutch boek (book).

buk (krama ngoko buk)

  1. Alternative spelling of buku
  • The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2015) “buk”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buhək, from Proto-Austronesian *bukəS.

buk

  1. hair (filament which grows on the human head)
 
buki

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

buk m inan

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

buk

  1. head hair

buk

  1. Alternative form of bok

buk

  1. Alternative form of bouk

buk

  1. Alternative form of bukke

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

bûk m (genitive bukes, dative buke)

  1. stomach, belly, abdomen, torso
  2. carcass (a slaughtered animal)
  • lif (body, figurative for belly)
  • mage (stomach)

buk

  1. book

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

buk n (plural buken)

  1. (Föhr-Amrum) book

From Old Norse búkr.

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

  1. belly, abdomen, stomach

From Old Norse búkr.

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

  1. belly, abdomen, stomach

būk m

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

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bukъ.

buk m inan (diminutive buczek, related adjective bukowy)

  1. beech (any tree of the genus Fagus)

buk m inan

  1. beechwood (wood of the beech tree)
    Synonym: buczyna
  • buk in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • buk in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • buk in PWN's encyclopedia

From bȕka.

bȗk m (Cyrillic spelling бу̑к)

  1. cascade, rapids, cataract
  2. waterfall
  3. the sound of a strong water stream
  • buk” in Hrvatski jezični portal

From Old Swedish būker, from Old Norse búkr, from Proto-Germanic *būkaz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰōw-. Doublet of buga, böja, and bukt.

buk c

  1. belly
  2. abdomen
  3. paunch
Declension of buk 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative buk buken bukar bukarna
Genitive buks bukens bukars bukarnas

From English book.

buk

  1. book

From English book.

buk (nominative plural buks)

  1. book
    • 1932, Arie de Jong, Leerboek der Wereldtaal, page 15:

      Buk, keli elegivol obe, binon jönik.

      The book you have given to me is beautiful.

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

buk m (plural buks, diminutive buktje)

  1. buck, male goat, male rabbit

buk

  1. hair