buch

See also: Buch, buc̣h, búch, and büch

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bux]

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• Rhymes: -uːx

Verb

buch

1. singular imperative of buchen

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bux]

Verb

buch

1. first-person singular passive of byś

Middle High German

Etymology

From Old High German būh, from Proto-West Germanic *būk, from Proto-Germanic *būkaz.

Noun

būch m

1. belly

Descendants

• Alemannic German: Buuch
• Central Franconian: Buch, Bouch
• German: Bauch
• Luxembourgish: Bauch
• Yiddish: בויך (boykh)

Palauan

Etymology

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Noun

buch

1. spouse

References

• buch in Palauan Language Online: Palauan-English Dictionary, at tekinged.com.
• buch in Palauan-English Dictionary, at trussel2.com.
• buch in Lewis S. Josephs, Edwin G. McManus, Masa-aki Emesiochel (1977) Palauan-English Dictionary, University Press of Hawaii, →ISBN, page 28.

Silesian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Buch.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbux/
• Rhymes: -ux
• Syllabification: buch

Noun

buch m inan

1. book

   Synonyms: ksiōnżka, kniga

Further reading

• Andrzej Roczniok (Andrzyj Roczniok) (2007) “buch”, in Zbornik polsko-ślůnski (Zbornik polsko-ślōnski), I edition, volume 1, Zabrze: Narodowa Oficyna Śląska (Ślōnsko Nacyjowo Ôficyno), →ISBN, page 207

Upper Sorbian

Verb

buch

1. first-person singular passive of być

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English bukke, from Old English buc, bucc, bucca (“he-goat, stag”), from Proto-West Germanic *bukk, *bukkō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʊk/

Noun

buch

1. buck
   • 1867, “JAMEEN QOUGEELY EE-PEALTHE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 110, lines 5-6:

     If ich hadh Peeougheen a Buch, Meyleare a Slut, Peedher Ghiel-laaune, an Jackeen Bugaaune,

     If I had Hugh the Buck, Meyler the Sloven, Peter the Smart Man, and John Boggan,

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 110