Bunken
See also: bunken
German Low German
editEtymology
editCompare West Frisian bonke (“bone”).
Noun
editBunken (plural)
- (Low Prussian) the bones which are pronouncedly visible beneath the skin of starving animals
- (Pomeranian) the large, pronouncedly visible (hind) hip and leg bones of animals
- (in northwestern (Schleswig-Holstein) dialects, possibly dated) large (animal) bones