bouk

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English

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Etymology

From Middle English bouk, from Old English būc (“belly, stomach, pitcher”), from Proto-West Germanic *būk, from Proto-Germanic *būkaz (“belly, body”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰōw- (“to blow, swell”).

Cognate with Scots bouk, bowk, buik (“body, carcass”), Dutch buik (“belly”), German Bauch (“belly”), Swedish buk (“belly, abdomen”), Norwegian Bokmål buk (“belly”), Icelandic búkur (“torso”). See also bucket.

The modern pronunciation is either a spelling pronunciation or dialectal; compare puck, suck.

Pronunciation

Noun

bouk (plural bouks)

  1. (UK dialectal or obsolete) The belly.
  2. (UK dialectal) The trunk or torso of the body, hence the body itself.
  3. (UK dialectal) The carcass of a slaughtered animal.

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Marshallese

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Pronunciation

Noun

bouk

  1. a dragonfly

References

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English būc, from Proto-West Germanic *būk, from Proto-Germanic *būkaz.

Pronunciation

Noun

bouk (plural boukes or bouken)

  1. belly, stomach
  2. body (especially a corpse)
  3. The main portion of a structure

Descendants

  • English: bouk (obsolete)
  • Scots: bouk, bowk, buik

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