vuku
Jamtish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse viku, accusative of vika, from Proto-Germanic *wikǭ.
Pronunciation edit
- (Western dialects) IPA(key): [²ʋɵˑkʉ][1]
- (Central dialects) IPA(key): [²ʋɔːkɔ][2]
- (Hackås, Oviken) IPA(key): [²ʋɔkːɵ][3]
Noun edit
vuku f
Declension edit
References edit
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Alternative forms edit
- vukku (Trøndelag)
Etymology 1 edit
Metaphony of another form, viku, originally also the oblique singular form of Old Norse vika (“week”), a shared development with Jamtish vuku. A similar metaphony seems to have taken place with Old English wucu. Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *wikǭ, cognate with English week.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): [²ʋʉˑ.kʉ], [²ʋɵˑ.kʉ], [²ʋɵˑ.kɵ]
- (Trøndelag) IPA(key): [²ʋʉk.kʉ]
- (Selbu) IPA(key): [²ʋʉˑ.kʉ], def. IPA(key): [²ʋu̞ˑ.kũ̞]
- Note: The vowels are short or half-long in all the declensions.
- Homophone: Vuku
Noun edit
vuku f
- (dialectal, Trøndelag, Østerdalsmål, Central Gudbrandsdal) alternative form of veke f (“week”)
Declension edit
Etymology 2 edit
Metaphony of another form, vòku, from Old Norse vǫku, oblique cases singular of vaka.
Noun edit
vuku f (definite singular vuko, indefinite plural vukur, definite plural vukune)
- (Midlandsnormalen) (pre-1917) alternative form of voke
Anagrams edit
Rotokas edit
Etymology 1 edit
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Adjective edit
vuku
- full (stomach)
Etymology 2 edit
Borrowed from Tok Pisin buk, from English book, from Middle English bok, from Old English bōc, from Proto-Germanic *bōks, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂ǵos.
Noun edit
vuku
Derived terms edit
References edit
- Firchow, Irwin, Firchow, Jacqueline, Akoitai, David (1973) Vocabulary of Rotokas - Pidgin - English[1], Ukarumpa: Summer Institute of Linguistics, page 160
Serbo-Croatian edit
Noun edit
vuku
Verb edit
vuku (Cyrillic spelling вуку)
Turkish edit
Etymology edit
From Ottoman Turkish وقوع (vuku, “event; fall”), from Arabic وُقُوع (wuqūʕ), verbal noun of وَقَعَ (waqaʕa).
Noun edit
vuku (definite accusative vukuu, plural vukular)
- event, occurrence
- vuku bulmak ― to happen
References edit
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “وقوع”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1314
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “vuku”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN