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buk

See also: Buk, BUK, búk, bûk, būk, bük, and ƀŭk
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English

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A buk

Etymology

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Borrowed from Korean 북 (buk).

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buk (plural buks)

  1. a traditional Korean drum

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Afrikaans

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Etymology

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From Dutch bukken, from Middle Dutch bucken, from Old Dutch *bukken, from Proto-Germanic *bukkijaną.

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buk (present buk, present participle bukkende, past participle gebuk)

  1. (intransitive) to crouch, to duck

Blagar

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buk

  1. book

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Czech

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bukъ, apparently from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂ǵos (“beech tree”).

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buk m inan (diminutive bouček)

  1. beech (beech tree)

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Declension of buk (velar masculine inanimate)
singular plural
nominative buk buky
genitive buku buků
dative buku bukům
accusative buk buky
vocative buku buky
locative buku bucích
instrumental bukem buky

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  • “buk”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • “buk”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • “buk”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Danish

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Noun

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buk

  1. ram (male sheep)
  2. male goat

Dupaningan Agta

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Noun

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buk

  1. head hair

Dutch

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  • Rhymes: -ʏk

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buk

  1. inflection of bukken:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
    3. imperative

German

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buk

  1. first/third-person singular preterite of backen

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Sometimes treated as weak verb (backte). See backen.

Iban

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayic *buək, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buhək, from Proto-Austronesian *bukəS.

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buk

  1. (anatomy) hair

Ida'an

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From English book.

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buk

  1. book

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  • Nelleke Elisabeth Goudswaard, The Begak (Ida'an) language of Sabah (2005)

Indonesian

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Etymology 1

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Onomatopoeic.

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buk (plural buk-buk)

  1. thud, bam; a sound of a large ripe fruit or heavy object falling to the ground
    Synonym: debuk

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buk

  1. (vocative, informal) Alternative form of ibu (“mother; madam”)

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From Dutch boek (“to book”) or English book (“to book”).

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buk

  1. (colloquial) to book, to reserve
    Synonym: pesan
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Jamaican Creole

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Derived from English book.

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buk (plural buk dem, quantified buk)

  1. book

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Javanese

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Borrowed from Dutch boek (“book”).

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buk (krama ngoko buk)

  1. Alternative spelling of buku

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  • The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2011) “buk”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), 2nd edition, Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN


Karo Batak

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buhək, from Proto-Austronesian *bukəS.

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buk

  1. hair (filament which grows on the human head)

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Lower Sorbian

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buki

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From Proto-Slavic *bukъ. Cognate with Upper Sorbian buk, Polish buk, Czech buk, Russian бук (buk), and Serbo-Croatian bȕkva.

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buk m inan

  1. beech (tree of genus Fagus)
  2. (specifically) European beech, Fagus sylvatica

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Declension of buk
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative buk buka buki
Genitive buka bukowu bukow
Dative bukoju bukoma bukam
Accusative buk buka buki
Instrumental bukom bukoma bukami
Locative buku bukoma bukach

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  • Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “buk”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
  • Starosta, Manfred (1999) “buk”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

Maguindanao

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buk

  1. head hair

Middle English

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Etymology 1

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buk

  1. Alternative form of bok (“book”)

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Noun

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buk

  1. Alternative form of bouk (“belly”)

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buk

  1. Alternative form of bukke (“buck”)

Middle Low German

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From Old Saxon būk, from Proto-Germanic *būkaz (“belly, body”).

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bûk m (genitive bukes, dative buke)

  1. stomach, belly, abdomen, torso
  2. carcass (a slaughtered animal)

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  • lif (body, figurative for belly)
  • mage (stomach)

Nigerian Pidgin

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buk

  1. book

North Frisian

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From Old Frisian bōk, from Proto-West Germanic *bōk, from Proto-Germanic *bōks. Compare West Frisian boek.

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buk n (plural buken)

  1. (Föhr-Amrum) book

Norwegian Bokmål

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From Old Norse búkr.

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buk m (definite singular buken, indefinite plural buker, definite plural bukene)

  1. belly, abdomen, stomach

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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From Old Norse búkr.

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buk m (definite singular buken, indefinite plural bukar, definite plural bukane)

  1. belly, abdomen, stomach

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Old Frisian

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Noun

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būk m

  1. belly

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Declension of būk (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative būk būkar, būka
accusative būk būkar, būka
genitive būkes būka
dative būke būkum, būkem

Old Polish

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    Etymology tree
    Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂ǵosder.
    Proto-Germanic *bōkōbor.
    Proto-Slavic *bukъ
    Old Polish buk

    Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bukъ. First attested in 1398.

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    buk m animacy unattested (related adjective bukowy)

    1. (attested in Lesser Poland, Greater Poland) common beech (Fagus sylvatica)
      • 1856-1870 [1398], Antoni Zygmunt Helcel, editor, Starodawne Prawa Polskiego Pomniki‎[1], volume VIII, number 7586:
        Pro CCC arboribus buk
        [Pro CCC arboribus buk]
      • 1868 [1451], Akta grodzkie i ziemskie z czasów Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej : z archiwum tak zwanego bernardyńskiego we Lwowie w skutek fundacyi śp. Alexandra hr. Stadnickiego‎[2], volume XII, page 210:
        Ubicunąue fagus al. buk seu szyr fructum dederit in silvis regalibus
        [Ubicunąue fagus al. buk seu żyr fructum dederit in silvis regalibus]
      • 1868 [1460], Akta grodzkie i ziemskie z czasów Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej : z archiwum tak zwanego bernardyńskiego we Lwowie w skutek fundacyi śp. Alexandra hr. Stadnickiego‎[3], volume VIII, page 137:
        In quo scopulo stat arbor dicta fagus al. buk
        [In quo scopulo stat arbor dicta fagus al. buk]
      • 1864 [15th century], Jan Długosz, edited by Aleksander Przezdziecki, Liber beneficiorum dioecesis Cracoviensis nunc primum e codice autographo‎[4], volume III, Krakow, page 356:
        Stant duae arbores, videlicet iawor et buk
        [Stant duae arbores, videlicet iawor et buk]
      • 1900 [1437], Józef Rostafiński, editor, Symbola ad historiam naturalem medii aevi = Średniowieczna historya naturalna w Polsce. Ps 2‎[5], number 10832:
        Buk fagus
        [Buk fagus]
      • 1900 [1472], Józef Rostafiński, editor, Symbola ad historiam naturalem medii aevi = Średniowieczna historya naturalna w Polsce. Ps 2‎[6], number 220:
        Buk faginula
        [Buk faginula]
      • c. 1500, Wokabularz lubiński, Lubiń: inkunabuł Archiwum Archidiecezjalnego w Gnieźnie, sygn. Inc. 78d., page 49v:
        Fagus est quedam arbor eyn buchenbawme bvk
        [Fagus est quedam arbor eyn buchenbawme buk]
      • 1861 [1422], Józef Przyborowski, editor, Vetustissimam adiectivorum linguae Polonae declinationem monumentis ineditis illustravit, Greater Poland, page 16:
        Ty dwa kona, *czosme wsal Jaroszeuiczu oth buku tym wsal w prawem
        [Ty dwa konia, cośm wziął Jaroszewiczu ot buku, tym wziął w prawem]
      • 1874-1891 [XV p. pr.], Rozprawy i Sprawozdania z Posiedzeń Wydziału Filologicznego Akademii Umiejętności‎[7], [8], [9], volume XVI, page 346:
        S buk w de fago
        [S buk w de fago]
      • [1415], Rękopiśmienne luźne ekscerpty z ksiąg ziemskich i grodzkich kościańskich, poznańskich oraz pyzdrskich, number f. 39v, Kościan, Poznań, Pyzdry:
        Sexagena bukow, grabi, brostow
        [Sexagena bukow, grabi, brzostow]
    2. (hapax legomenon) The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include:
      1. boxwood (Buxus sempervirens)
      • 1901 [1471], Materiały i Prace Komisji Językowej Akademii Umiejętności w Krakowie, volume V, page 73:
        Buk buxus
        [Buk buxus]

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    • Polish: buk
    • Silesian: buk

    References

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    • Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “buk”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN
    • Mańczak, Witold (2017) “buk”, in Polski słownik etymologiczny (in Polish), Kraków: Polska Akademia Umiejętności, →ISBN
    • Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “buk”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
    • Sławski, Franciszek (1958-1965) “buk”, in Jan Safarewicz, Andrzej Siudut, editors, Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological dictionary of the Polish language] (in Polish), Kraków: Towarzystwo Miłośników Języka Polskiego
    • K. Nitsch, editor (1954), “buk”, in Słownik staropolski (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw: Polish Academy of Sciences, page 176
    • B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “buk”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN
    • Ewa Deptuchowa, Mariusz Frodyma, Katarzyna Jasińska, Magdalena Klapper, Dorota Kołodziej, Mariusz Leńczuk, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, editors (2023), “buk”, in Rozariusze z polskimi glosami. Internetowa baza danych [Dictionaries of Polish glosses, an Internet database] (in Polish), Kraków: Pracownia Języka Staropolskiego Instytut Języka Polskiego Polskiej Akademii Nauk

    Polish

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    buk

    Etymology

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      Etymology tree
      Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂ǵosder.
      Proto-Germanic *bōkōbor.
      Proto-Slavic *bukъ
      Old Polish buk
      Polish buk

      Inherited from Old Polish buk.

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      buk m inan (diminutive buczek, related adjective bukowy)

      1. beech (any tree of the genus Fagus)
      2. (Przemyśl, Southern Boderlands, Kamianets-Podilskyi) thick stick; club
        Hypernym: kij
      3. (Przemyśl) hit, blow
        Synonym: uderzenie

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      Declension of buk
      singular plural
      nominative buk buki
      genitive buku/buka buków
      dative bukowi bukom
      accusative buk buki
      instrumental bukiem bukami
      locative buku bukach
      vocative buku buki

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      buk m inan

      1. beechwood (wood of the beech tree)
        Synonym: buczyna

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      Declension of buk
      singular plural
      nominative buk buki
      genitive buku buków
      dative bukowi bukom
      accusative buk buki
      instrumental bukiem bukami
      locative buku bukach
      vocative buku buki

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      Further reading

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      • buk in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
      • buk in Polish dictionaries at PWN
      • buk in PWN's encyclopedia
      • Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “buk”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
      • Jadwiga Chotkowska (27.09.2012) “BUK”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]
      • Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “buk”, in Słownik języka polskiego
      • Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “buk”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
      • J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “buk”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 230
      • Jan Karłowicz (1900) “buk”, in Słownik gwar polskich [Dictionary of Polish dialects] (in Polish), volume 1: A do E, Kraków: Akademia Umiejętności, page 135
      • buk in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego
      • Aleksander Saloni (1908) “buk”, in “Lud rzeszowski”, in Materyały Antropologiczno-Archeologiczne i Etnograficzne (in Polish), volume 10, Kraków: Akademia Umiejętności, page 332

      Serbo-Croatian

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      Etymology

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      From bȕka.

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      bȗk m (Cyrillic spelling бу̑к)

      1. cascade, rapids, cataract
      2. waterfall
      3. the sound of a strong water stream

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      Declension of buk
      singular plural
      nominative bȗk bȕkovi/bȗci
      genitive buka bukova/buka
      dative buku bukovima/bucima
      accusative buk bukove/buke
      vocative buče bukovi/buci
      locative buku bukovima/bucima
      instrumental bukom bukovima/bucima

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      • “buk”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

      Silesian

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      Etymology

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        Etymology tree
        Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂ǵosder.
        Proto-Germanic *bōkōbor.
        Proto-Slavic *bukъ
        Old Polish buk
        Silesian buk

        Inherited from Old Polish buk.

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        • IPA(key): /ˈbuk/
        • Rhymes: -uk
        • Syllabification: buk

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        buk m inan (diminutive buczek, related adjective bukowy)

        1. beech (any tree of the genus Fagus)

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        • buk in silling.org
        • Eugeniusz Kosmała (2023) “buk”, in Dykcjōnôrz Polsko-Ślonskiy (in Silesian), b, page 120

        Swedish

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        Etymology

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        From Old Swedish būker, from Old Norse búkr, from Proto-Germanic *būkaz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰōw-. Doublet of buga, böja, and bukt.

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        buk c

        1. belly
        2. abdomen
        3. paunch

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        Declension of buk
        nominative genitive
        singular indefinite buk buks
        definite buken bukens
        plural indefinite bukar bukars
        definite bukarna bukarnas

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        Tok Pisin

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        Etymology

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        From English book.

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        buk

        1. book

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        Volapük

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        Etymology

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        From English book.

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        buk (nominative plural buks)

        1. book
          • 1932, Arie de Jong, Leerboek der Wereldtaal, page 15:
            Buk, keli elegivol obe, binon jönik.
            The book you have given to me is beautiful.

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        Declension of buk
        singular plural
        nominative buk buks
        genitive buka bukas
        dative buke bukes
        accusative buki bukis
        vocative 1 o buk! o buks!
        predicative 2 buku bukus

        1 status as a case is disputed
        2 in later, non-classical Volapük only

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        West Flemish

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        Etymology

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        From Middle Dutch buc, variant of boc, from Old Dutch buc, from Proto-Germanic *bukkaz.

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        buk m (plural buks, diminutive buktje)

        1. buck, male goat, male rabbit

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        buk

        1. hair
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