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Etymology edit

Diminutive of bozať (to kiss), of onomatopoeic origin. Compare Polish buzia, buziak (kiss), Middle Irish pusóc (kiss), German Buss (kiss), Lithuanian bučiúoti (to kiss), Albanian buzë (lip).

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

bozkať impf

  1. to kiss

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Further reading edit

  • bozkať”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024