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Ukrainian
Etymology
From вуй (vuj) + -ко (-ko), from Proto-Slavic *ujь. Compare Macedonian вујко (vujko).
Pronunciation
Noun
ву́йко • (vújko) m pers (genitive ву́йка, nominative plural ву́йки, genitive plural ву́йків, feminine ву́йна) (chiefly dialectal)
- maternal uncle
- gaffer (an older man)
- (figuratively) bear
Declension
Declension of ву́йко (pers velar masc in -о accent-a)
Further reading
- Hrinchenko, Borys, editor (1907–1909), “ву́йко”, in Словарь украинского языка [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Russian), Kyiv: Kievskaya starina
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “ву́йко”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- Rusanivskyi, V. M., editor (2012), “ву́йко”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 3 (відстава́ння – ґура́льня), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
- “ву́йко”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)