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Etymology edit

Borrowed from Old French estomac, from Latin stomachus, from Ancient Greek στόμαχος (stómakhos).

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stomak (plural stomakes)

  1. The stomach or guts:
    1. (figurative) Hunger, starvation.
    2. (figurative) One's emotional or sexual drive (supposedly coming from the stomach)
  2. An organ near the stomach.

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  • English: stomach
  • Scots: stamack

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stȍmāk m (Cyrillic spelling сто̏ма̄к)

  1. stomach
  2. belly

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The preferred literary word in Croatian is žèludac.

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