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

Afrikaans

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Verb

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

  1. (intransitive) to crouch, to duck

Blagar

Pronunciation

Noun

buk

  1. book

References

Czech

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

buk m inan

  1. beech (beech tree)

Declension

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

Further reading

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

Danish

Noun

buk

  1. ram (male sheep)
  2. male goat

Dupaningan Agta

Noun

buk

  1. head hair

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ʏk

Verb

buk

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

German

Pronunciation

Verb

buk

  1. first/third-person singular preterite of backen

Usage notes

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

Iban

Etymology

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

Noun

buk

  1. (anatomy) hair

Ida'an

Etymology

From English book.

Noun

buk

  1. book

References

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

Indonesian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Onomatopoeic.

Noun

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

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

Verb

buk

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

Further reading

Jamaican Creole

Etymology

Derived from English book.

Pronunciation

Noun

buk (plural buk dem, quantified buk)

  1. book

Further reading

Javanese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch boek (“book”).

Noun

buk (krama ngoko buk)

  1. Alternative spelling of buku

References

  • 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

Etymology

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

Noun

buk

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

References

Lower Sorbian

buki

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

buk m inan

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

Declension

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

  • 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

Noun

buk

  1. head hair

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

buk

  1. Alternative form of bok

Etymology 2

Noun

buk

  1. Alternative form of bouk

Etymology 3

Noun

buk

  1. Alternative form of bukke

Middle Low German

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

bûk m (genitive bukes, dative buke)

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

Synonyms

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

Nigerian Pidgin

Nigerian Pidgin Wikipedia has an article on:
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Noun

buk

  1. book

North Frisian

Etymology

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

Noun

buk n (plural buken)

  1. (Föhr-Amrum) book

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse búkr.

Noun

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

  1. belly, abdomen, stomach

Synonyms

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse búkr.

Noun

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

  1. belly, abdomen, stomach

Synonyms

Derived terms

References

Old Frisian

Noun

būk m

  1. belly

Inflection

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

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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buk

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bukъ.

Pronunciation

Noun

buk m inan (diminutive buczek, related adjective bukowy)

  1. beech (any tree of the genus Fagus)

Declension

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

buk m inan

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

Declension

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

nouns

Further reading

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

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From bȕka.

Pronunciation

Noun

bȗk m (Cyrillic spelling бу̑к)

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

Declension

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

References

  • “buk” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Swedish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

buk c

  1. belly
  2. abdomen
  3. paunch

Declension

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

Derived terms

References

Anagrams

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English book.

Noun

buk

  1. book

Descendants

  • → Rotokas: vuku

Volapük

Etymology

From English book.

Pronunciation

Noun

buk (nominative plural buks)

  1. book

Declension

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

See also

West Flemish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

buk m (plural buks, diminutive buktje)

  1. buck, male goat, male rabbit

Yogad

Noun

buk

  1. hair
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