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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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Etymology

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

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Noun

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buk m inan

  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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Further reading

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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

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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Pronunciation

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  • Audio:(file)
  • 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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Etymology

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From English book.

Noun

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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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Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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Onomatopoeic.

Noun

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buk (plural buk-buk)

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

Etymology 2

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

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buk

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

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Etymology

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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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Etymology

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Borrowed from Dutch boek (“book”).

Noun

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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.

Noun

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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

Etymology

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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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Noun

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buk

  1. head hair

Middle English

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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buk

  1. Alternative form of bok (“book”)

Etymology 2

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Noun

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buk

  1. Alternative form of bouk (“belly”)

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Noun

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buk

  1. Alternative form of bukke (“buck”)

Middle Low German

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Etymology

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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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Noun

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buk

  1. book

North Frisian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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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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Etymology

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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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Etymology

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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

Inflection

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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

Polish

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buk

Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bukъ.

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buk m inan (diminutive buczek, related adjective bukowy)

  1. beech (any tree of the genus Fagus)

Declension

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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

Noun

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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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nouns

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

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), 2006–2024

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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  • → Rotokas: vuku

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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