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

Noun edit

puk m anim

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

Declension edit

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

Old Tupi edit

Etymology edit

Cognate with Mbyá Guaraní pu.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈpuk]
  • Rhymes: -uk
  • Hyphenation: puk

Verb edit

puk (first-person singular active indicative apuk, first-person singular negative active indicative napuki, noun puka) (intransitive)

  1. to be perforated
  2. to break (to end up in two or more pieces)[1]
    Synonyms: bok, îeká
  3. to be forced (to be forcibly open)[2]
    Synonym: îeká
  4. to be deflorated
    • 16th century, Joseph of Anchieta, compiled by Eduardo de Almeida Navarro and Helder Perri Ferreira, Poemas: lírica portuguesa e tupi (Poetas do Brasil; 5), 2nd edition, São Paulo: Martins Fontes, published 2004, →ISBN, page 88:
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      [ [] I puke'ỹme nhẽ o'a oúpa.]
      He was indeed being born without her deflorating.
  5. to have pollution (to ejaculate outside of sexual intercourse)
    • 1622, anonymous author, “Polução ter”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica, volume 2 (overall work in Old Tupi and Portuguese), Piratininga, page 80; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, São Paulo: USP, 1953:
      Apuapuc []
      [Apuapuk [] ]
      I keep having pollutions.
  6. (of stormy weather) to clear up[3]

Conjugation edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Nheengatu: puka

References edit

  1. ^ anonymous author (1622) “Arrebentar”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica (in Portuguese), Piratininga; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, volume 1, São Paulo: USP, 1953, page 42:Apuc. Aboc. [Apuk. Abok]
  2. ^ anonymous author (1622) “Arrombarse assi”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica (in Portuguese), Piratininga; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, volume 1, São Paulo: USP, 1953, page 44:Apûc. Aiecâ. [Apuk. Aîeká]
  3. ^ anonymous author (1622) “Esclarecer indo o dia chuiuoso”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica (in Portuguese), Piratininga; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, volume 1, São Paulo: USP, 1953, page 123:Apuc, [] Apucaib, [] Aiepirôc. [Apuk, [] Apukaíb, [] Aîepirok.]

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

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

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)