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Kashubian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bokъ.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbwɛk/
- Rhymes: -ɛk
- Syllabification: bòk
Noun
bòk m inan
- (anatomy) side, flank (neither the front nor the back; lateral part of a person, animal)
- side, flank (neither the front nor the back; lateral part of an object)
- side (place in space located to the right or left of some central reference point)
- (geometry) side (segment connecting two vertices of a polygon)
Further reading
- Stefan Ramułt (1893) “bœk”, in Słownik języka pomorskiego czyli kaszubskiego (in Kashubian), page 27
- Sychta, Bernard (1967) “bok”, in Słownik gwar kaszubskich [Dictionary of Kashubian dialects] (in Polish), volumes 1 (A – Ǵ), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 54
- Jan Trepczyk (1994) “bok”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2
- Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “bok”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi
- “bòk”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022