Slovak

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Etymology

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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

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Verb

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bozkať impf

  1. to kiss

Conjugation

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Further reading

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  • 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