buk

Borrowed from Korean 북 (buk).

buk (plural buks)

1. a traditional Korean drum

• Buk (drum) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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

• IPA^(key): /bœk/

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

1. (intransitive) to crouch, to duck

• IPA^(key): /buk/

buk

1. book

• H. Steinhauer, "Going" and "Coming" in the Blagar of Dolap (Pura--Alor--Indonesia) (1977)

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

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buk m inan

1. beech (beech tree)

• “buk”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “buk”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

buk

1. ram (male sheep)
2. male goat

buk

1. head hair

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• Rhymes: -ʏk

buk

1. inflection of bukken:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

• IPA^(key): /buːk/

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buk

1. first/third-person singular preterite of backen

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

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

buk

1. (anatomy) hair

From English book.

buk

1. book

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

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• Hyphenation: buk

Onomatopoeic.

buk (plural buk-buk)

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

   Synonym: debuk

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

buk

1. (colloquial) to book.

   Synonym: pesan

• “buk” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Derived from English book.

• IPA^(key): /bʊk/

buk (plural buk dem, quantified buk)

1. book

• buk at majstro.com
• buk on the Jamaican Creole Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^jam

• Carakan: ꦧꦸꦏ꧀
• Roman: boek (dated)

Borrowed from Dutch boek (“book”).

buk (krama ngoko buk)

1. Alternative spelling of buku

• 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

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

buk

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

• Ahmad Samin Siregar et al. (2001). Kamus Bahasa Karo–Indonesia. Medan: Balai Pustaka, p. 30.

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

• IPA^(key): /buk/

buk m inan

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

• 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

buk

1. head hair

buk

1. Alternative form of bok (“book”)

buk

1. Alternative form of bouk (“belly”)

buk

1. Alternative form of bukke (“buck”)

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

• IPA^(key): /buːk/

bûk m (genitive bukes, dative buke)

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

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

Nigerian Pidgin Wikipedia has an article on:

buk

Wikipedia ^pcm

buk

1. book

• bök (Mooring)
• Bok (Sylt)

From Old Frisian bōk, from Proto-West Germanic *bōk, from Proto-Germanic *bōks. Compare West Frisian boek.

buk n (plural buken)

1. (Föhr-Amrum) book

From Old Norse búkr.

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

1. belly, abdomen, stomach

• mage

• buktaler

• “buk” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Old Norse búkr.

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

1. belly, abdomen, stomach

• mage

• buktalar

• “buk” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

būk m

1. belly

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

buk

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bukъ.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbuk/

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• Rhymes: -uk
• Syllabification: buk
• Homophones: bóg, Bóg, Bug, Buk

buk m inan (diminutive buczek, related adjective bukowy)

1. beech (any tree of the genus Fagus)

buk m inan

1. beechwood (wood of the beech tree)

   Synonym: buczyna

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

From bȕka.

• IPA^(key): /bûːk/

bȗk m (Cyrillic spelling бу̑к)

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

• vodopad (waterfall)

• “buk”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:

buk

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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.

• Rhymes: -ʉːk

buk c

1. belly
2. abdomen
3. paunch

• buk in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• buk in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• buk in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• Svensk MeSH
• buk in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

• kub

From English book.

buk

1. book

• → Rotokas: vuku

From English book.

• IPA^(key): /buk/

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.

• bukabled
• bukem
• bukeman
• bukemik
• buk fliodik
• bukik
• bukiselidöp
• bukitanädan
• fliodabuk
• lebuk
• vödabuk

• fliod
• gased

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

• IPA^(key): /bək/

buk m (plural buks, diminutive buktje)

1. buck, male goat, male rabbit

buk

1. hair