buke
Fijian edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Central Pacific *buke, from Proto-Oceanic *buke, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bukij (compare Malay bukit), from Proto-Austronesian *bukij.
Noun edit
buke (plural bukebuke)
Japanese edit
Romanization edit
buke
Middle English edit
Noun edit
buke
- (Northern) Alternative form of bok
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Noun edit
buke m (definite singular bukeen, indefinite plural bukeer, definite plural bukeene)
- alternative spelling of buké
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Noun edit
buke m (definite singular bukeen, indefinite plural bukear, definite plural bukeane)
- alternative spelling of buké
Scots edit
Noun edit
buke (plural bukes)
- Alternative form of buik (“book”)
Serbo-Croatian edit
Noun edit
buke (Cyrillic spelling буке)
- accusative plural of buk
Noun edit
buke (Cyrillic spelling буке)
- inflection of buka:
Volapük edit
Noun edit
buke
Yola edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English bok, from Old English bōc, from Proto-West Germanic *bōk.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
buke
- book
- 1927, “PAUDEEN FOUGHLAAN'S WEDDEEN”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 133, line 6:
- Wi buke an wi candale hay tackled a paare.
- With book and with candle he tackled the pair;
References edit
- Kathleen A. Browne (1927) The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Sixth Series, Vol.17 No.2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, page 133