Wiktionary

buk

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

Afrikaans edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

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

  1. (intransitive) to crouch, to duck

Blagar edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

buk

  1. book

References edit

Czech edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

buk m inan

  1. beech (beech tree)

Declension edit

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

Derived terms edit

Further reading edit

  • buk in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • buk in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Danish edit

Noun edit

buk

  1. ram (male sheep)
  2. male goat

Dupaningan Agta edit

Noun edit

buk

  1. head hair

Dutch edit

Pronunciation edit

  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ʏk

Verb edit

buk

  1. inflection of bukken:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. imperative

German edit

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

buk

  1. first/third-person singular preterite of backen

Usage notes edit

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

Iban edit

Etymology edit

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

Noun edit

buk

  1. (anatomy) hair

Ida'an edit

Etymology edit

From English book.

Noun edit

buk

  1. book

References edit

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

Indonesian edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈbʊk]
  • Hyphenation: buk

Etymology 1 edit

Onomatopoeic.

Noun edit

buk (first-person possessive bukku, second-person possessive bukmu, third-person possessive buknya)

  1. a sound of a large ripe fruit (object) falling to the ground
    Synonym: debuk

Etymology 2 edit

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

Verb edit

buk

  1. (colloquial) to book.
    Synonym: pesan
Derived terms edit

Further reading edit

Jamaican Creole edit

Etymology edit

Derived from English book.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

buk (plural buk dem, quantified buk)

  1. book

Further reading edit

Javanese edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Dutch boek (“book”).

Noun edit

buk (krama ngoko buk)

  1. Alternative spelling of buku

References edit

  • The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2015) “buk”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN


Karo Batak edit

Etymology edit

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

Noun edit

buk

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

References edit

Lower Sorbian edit

 
buki

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

buk m inan

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

Declension edit

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

Further reading edit

  • 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 edit

Noun edit

buk

  1. head hair

Middle English edit

Etymology 1 edit

Noun edit

buk

  1. Alternative form of bok

Etymology 2 edit

Noun edit

buk

  1. Alternative form of bouk

Etymology 3 edit

Noun edit

buk

  1. Alternative form of bukke

Middle Low German edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

bûk m (genitive bukes, dative buke)

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

Synonyms edit

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

Nigerian Pidgin edit

 
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Noun edit

buk

  1. book

North Frisian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Frisian bōk. Cognates include Mooring North Frisian bök and West Frisian boek.

Noun edit

buk n (plural buken)

  1. (Föhr-Amrum) book

Norwegian Bokmål edit

Etymology edit

From Old Norse búkr.

Noun edit

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

  1. belly, abdomen, stomach

Synonyms edit

Derived terms edit

References edit

Norwegian Nynorsk edit

Etymology edit

From Old Norse búkr.

Noun edit

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

  1. belly, abdomen, stomach

Synonyms edit

Derived terms edit

References edit

Old Frisian edit

Noun edit

būk m

  1. belly

Inflection edit

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

Polish edit

 
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buk

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bukъ.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

buk m inan (diminutive buczek, related adjective bukowy)

  1. beech (any tree of the genus Fagus)

Declension edit

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

Noun edit

buk m inan

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

Declension edit

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

Derived terms edit

nouns

Further reading edit

  • buk in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • buk in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • buk in PWN's encyclopedia

Serbo-Croatian edit

Etymology edit

From bȕka.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

bȗk m (Cyrillic spelling бу̑к)

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

Declension edit

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

Synonyms edit

References edit

  • “buk” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Swedish edit

Etymology edit

From Old Swedish būker, from Old Norse búkr, from Proto-Germanic *būkaz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰōw-.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

buk c

  1. belly
  2. abdomen
  3. paunch

Declension edit

Declension of buk 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative buk buken bukar bukarna
Genitive buks bukens bukars bukarnas

Derived terms edit

References edit

Anagrams edit

Tok Pisin edit

Etymology edit

From English book.

Noun edit

buk

  1. book

Descendants edit

  • → Rotokas: vuku

Volapük edit

Etymology edit

From English book.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

buk (nominative plural buks)

  1. book

Declension edit

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

Derived terms edit

See also edit

West Flemish edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

buk m (plural buks, diminutive buktje)

  1. buck, male goat, male rabbit

Yogad edit

Noun edit

buk

  1. hair
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