Wiktionary

puk

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

Albanian edit

Etymology edit

From Latin publica.[1]

Noun edit

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

  1. fool
  2. idiot

References edit

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “puk”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 346

Chuukese edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from English book.

Noun edit

puk

  1. book

Czech edit

 
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Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

puk m inan

  1. (ice hockey) puck
    Synonyms: kotouč, touš
  2. bud
  3. fissure, crack
  4. puff of smoke
  5. pleat, fold

Declension edit

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 edit

puk m anim

  1. (folklore) puck (mischievous spirit)
    Synonyms: kotouč, touš

Declension edit

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 edit

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

Mokilese edit

Etymology edit

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

Noun edit

puk (indefinite pukkoaw)

  1. book

Naga Pidgin edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Assamese পোক (pük).

Noun edit

puk

  1. insect
    Synonym: kira

Norman edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

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 edit

puk f (plural puks)

  1. (Sark) bag

Polish edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Deverbal from pukać.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /puk/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -uk
  • Syllabification: puk
  • Homophone: Puk

Interjection edit

puk

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

Noun edit

puk m inan

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

Declension edit

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 edit

  • puk in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Semai edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Aslian *puk (“chicken”).

Noun edit

puk[1]

  1. chicken

Synonyms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Basrim bin Ngah Aching (2008) Kamus Engròq Semay – Engròq Malaysia, Kamus Bahasa Semai – Bahasa Malaysia, Bangi: Institut Alam dan Tamadun Melayu, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia

Serbo-Croatian edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

pȗk m (Cyrillic spelling пу̑к)

  1. folk, people

Declension edit

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 edit

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

Tulu-Bohuai edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

puk

  1. banana

Further reading edit

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