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buk

See also: Buk, BUK, búk, bûk, būk, bük, and ƀŭk
Languages (36)
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Translingual

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buk

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Bukawa.

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English

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A buk

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Korean 북 (buk)bor.
English buk

    Borrowed from Korean 북 (buk).

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    buk (plural buks)

    1. a traditional Korean drum

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    Achang

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    Seemingly borrowed from English book.

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    • (Myanmar) /buk˧/

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    buk

    1. book
      Synonym: maussauh

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    Probably only used in Myanmar.

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    • Inglis, Douglas; Sampu, Nasaw; Jaseng, Wilai; Jana, Thocha (2005), A preliminary Ngochang–Kachin–English Lexicon‎[1], Payap University, page 14

    Afrikaans

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    Etymology

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

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

    1. (intransitive) to crouch, to duck

    Antigua and Barbuda Creole English

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      From English book.

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      buk (plural buk dem, quantified buk)

      1. book

      Blagar

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      (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

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      buk

      1. book

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      Czech

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

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      buk m inan (diminutive bouček)

      1. beech (beech tree)

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      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

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      Danish

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      Etymology 1

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      From Old Danish buk, from Old Norse bukkr, Proto-Germanic *bukkaz (“buck”).

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      buk c (singular definite bukken, plural indefinite bukke)

      1. the male of certain ruminants (deer, goat, sheep)
        Synonyms: råbuk, gedebuk, vædder
      2. a trestle
      3. (by extension, gymnastics) a buck
        Coordinate term: hest
      4. (informal, derogatory) (older) horny, lecherous man
        Coordinate term: liderbasse
      5. the seat of the coachman on a horse carriage
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      Declension of buk
      common
      gender       		singular plural
      indefinite definite indefinite definite
      nominative buk bukken bukke bukkene
      genitive buks bukkens bukkes bukkenes
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      From bukke

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      buk n (singular definite bukket, plural indefinite buk)

      1. a bow
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      Declension of buk
      neuter
      gender       		singular plural
      indefinite definite indefinite definite
      nominative buk bukket buk bukkene
      genitive buks bukkets buks bukkenes

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      Dupaningan Agta

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      (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

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      buk

      1. head hair

      Dutch

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      • Audio:(file)
      • Rhymes: -ʏk

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      buk

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

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      buk

      1. first/third-person singular preterite of backen

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

      Iban

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

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      buk

      1. (anatomy) hair

      Ida'an

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      Etymology

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      From English book.

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      buk

      1. book

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

      Indonesian

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      Etymology 1

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      Onomatopoeic.

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      buk (plural buk-buk)

      1. thud, bam; a sound of a large ripe fruit or heavy object falling to the ground
        Synonyms: debuk, gedebuk

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      buk

      1. (vocative, informal) alternative form of ibu (“mother; madam”)

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

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      buk

      1. (colloquial) to book, to reserve
        Synonyms: buking, pesan, tempah
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      Jamaican Creole

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        Derived from English book.

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        buk (plural buk dem, quantified buk)

        1. book

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        Javanese

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        Alternative forms

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        Borrowed from Dutch boek (“book”).

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        buk (krama ngoko buk)

        1. alternative spelling of buku

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        • 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

        Karo Batak

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        Etymology

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

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        buk

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

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        Lower Sorbian

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        buki

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

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        buk m inan

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

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        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

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        • 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

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        (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

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        buk

        1. head hair

        Middle English

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        buk

        1. alternative form of bok (“book”)

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        buk

        1. alternative form of bouk (“belly”)

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        buk

        1. alternative form of bukke (“buck”)

        Middle Low German

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

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        bûk m (genitive bukes, dative buke)

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

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

        Narak

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        buk

        1. book

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        • Joan Hainsworth, Kathleen F. Johnson, Patricia F. Brien (2021), Narak – Yingglis Diksaneriy [Narak – English Dictionary]‎[2], page 123

        Nigerian Pidgin

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          From English book.

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          buk

          1. book

          North Frisian

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

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          buk n (plural buken)

          1. (Föhr-Amrum) book

          Norwegian Bokmål

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          From Old Norse búkr.

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

          1. belly, abdomen, stomach

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          Norwegian Nynorsk

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          From Old Norse búkr.

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

          1. belly, abdomen, stomach

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          Old Frisian

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          (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

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          būk m

          1. belly

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

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          Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂ǵosder.
          Proto-Germanic *bōkōbor.
          Proto-Slavic *bukъ
          Old Polish buk

            Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bukъ. First attested in 1398.

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            buk m animacy unattested (related adjective bukowy)

            1. (attested in Lesser Poland, Greater Poland) common beech (Fagus sylvatica)
              • 1856-1870 [1398], Antoni Zygmunt Helcel, editor, Starodawne Prawa Polskiego Pomniki‎[3], volume VIII, number 7586:
                Pro CCC arboribus buk
                [Pro CCC arboribus buk]
              • 1868 [1451], Akta grodzkie i ziemskie z czasów Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej : z archiwum tak zwanego bernardyńskiego we Lwowie w skutek fundacyi śp. Alexandra hr. Stadnickiego‎[4], volume XII (quotation in Old Polish; overall work in Polish, Latin, and Old Polish), page 210:
                Ubicunąue fagus al. buk seu szyr fructum dederit in silvis regalibus
                [Ubicunąue fagus al. buk seu żyr fructum dederit in silvis regalibus]
              • 1868 [1460], Akta grodzkie i ziemskie z czasów Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej : z archiwum tak zwanego bernardyńskiego we Lwowie w skutek fundacyi śp. Alexandra hr. Stadnickiego‎[5], volume VIII (quotation in Old Polish; overall work in Polish, Latin, and Old Polish), page 137:
                In quo scopulo stat arbor dicta fagus al. buk
                [In quo scopulo stat arbor dicta fagus al. buk]
              • 1864 [15th century], Jan Długosz, edited by Aleksander Przezdziecki, Liber beneficiorum dioecesis Cracoviensis nunc primum e codice autographo‎[6], volume III, Krakow, page 356:
                Stant duae arbores, videlicet iawor et buk
                [Stant duae arbores, videlicet iawor et buk]
              • 1900 [1437], Józef Rostafiński, editor, Symbola ad historiam naturalem medii aevi = Średniowieczna historya naturalna w Polsce. Ps 2‎[7], number 10832:
                Buk fagus
                [Buk fagus]
              • 1900 [1472], Józef Rostafiński, editor, Symbola ad historiam naturalem medii aevi = Średniowieczna historya naturalna w Polsce. Ps 2‎[8], number 220:
                Buk faginula
                [Buk faginula]
              • c. 1500, Wokabularz lubiński, Lubiń: inkunabuł Archiwum Archidiecezjalnego w Gnieźnie, sygn. Inc. 78d., page 49v:
                Fagus est quedam arbor eyn buchenbawme bvk
                [Fagus est quedam arbor eyn buchenbawme buk]
              • 1861 [1422], Józef Przyborowski, editor, Vetustissimam adiectivorum linguae Polonae declinationem monumentis ineditis illustravit, Greater Poland, page 16:
                Ty dwa kona, *czosme wsal Jaroszeuiczu oth buku tym wsal w prawem
                [Ty dwa konia, cośm wziął Jaroszewiczu ot buku, tym wziął w prawem]
              • 1874-1891 [XV p. pr.], Rozprawy i Sprawozdania z Posiedzeń Wydziału Filologicznego Akademii Umiejętności‎[9], [10], [11], volume XVI, page 346:
                S buk w de fago
                [S buk w de fago]
              • [1415], Rękopiśmienne luźne ekscerpty z ksiąg ziemskich i grodzkich kościańskich, poznańskich oraz pyzdrskich, number f. 39v, Kościan, Poznań, Pyzdry:
                Sexagena bukow, grabi, brostow
                [Sexagena bukow, grabi, brzostow]
            2. (hapax legomenon) The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include:
              1. boxwood (Buxus sempervirens)
              • 1901 [1471], Materiały i Prace Komisji Językowej Akademii Umiejętności w Krakowie, volume V, page 73:
                Buk buxus
                [Buk buxus]

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            • Polish: buk
            • Silesian: buk

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            Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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            buk

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            Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂ǵosder.
            Proto-Germanic *bōkōbor.
            Proto-Slavic *bukъ
            Old Polish buk
            Polish buk

              Inherited from Old Polish buk.

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              buk m inan (diminutive buczek, related adjective bukowy)

              1. beech (any tree of the genus Fagus)
              2. (Przemyśl, Southern Borderlands, Kamianets-Podilskyi) thick stick; club
                Hypernym: kij
              3. (Przemyśl) hit, blow
                Synonym: uderzenie

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              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

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              buk m inan

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

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              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

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              • “buk”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎[12] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
              • “buk”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[13] (in Polish)
              • buk in PWN's encyclopedia
              • Maria Renata Mayenowa; Stanisław Rospond; Witold Taszycki; Stefan Hrabec; Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023), “buk”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
              • Jadwiga Chotkowska (27.09.2012), “BUK”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]
              • Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814), “buk”, in Słownik języka polskiego
              • Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861), “buk”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
              • J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “buk”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 230
              • Jan Karłowicz (1900), “buk”, in Słownik gwar polskich [Dictionary of Polish dialects] (in Polish), volume 1: A do E, Kraków: Akademia Umiejętności, page 135
              • buk in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego
              • Aleksander Saloni (1908), “buk”, in “Lud rzeszowski”, in Materyały Antropologiczno-Archeologiczne i Etnograficzne‎[14] (in Polish), volume 10, Kraków: Akademia Umiejętności, page 332

              Serbo-Croatian

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              Etymology

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              From bȕka.

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              bȗk m inan (Cyrillic spelling бу̑к)

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

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              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

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              • “buk”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

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              Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂ǵosder.
              Proto-Germanic *bōkōbor.
              Proto-Slavic *bukъ
              Old Polish buk
              Silesian buk

                Inherited from Old Polish buk.

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                • IPA(key): /ˈbuk/
                • Rhymes: -uk
                • Syllabification: buk

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                buk m inan (diminutive buczek, related adjective bukowy)

                1. beech (any tree of the genus Fagus)

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                • buk in silling.org
                • Eugeniusz Kosmała (2023), “buk”, in Dykcjōnôrz Polsko-Ślonskiy (in Silesian), b, page 120

                Swedish

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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.

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                buk c

                1. belly
                2. abdomen
                3. paunch

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                Declension of buk
                nominative genitive
                singular indefinite buk buks
                definite buken bukens
                plural indefinite bukar bukars
                definite bukarna bukarnas

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                Tok Pisin

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                  From English book.

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                  buk

                  1. book

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                  Volapük

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                    From English book.

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                    buk (genitive buka, 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.

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                    Declension of buk
                    Singular Plural
                    Nominative buk buks
                    Genitive buka bukas
                    Dative buke bukes
                    Accusative buki bukis
                    Predicative1 buku bukus
                    Vocative o buk o buks
                    1. Introduced in Volapük Nulik.

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                    West Flemish

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

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                    buk m (plural buks, diminutive buktje)

                    1. buck, male goat, male rabbit

                    Yogad

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                    (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

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                    buk

                    1. hair
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