buk
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch bukken, from Middle Dutch bucken, from Old Dutch *bukken, from Proto-Germanic *bukkijaną.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bœk/
Blagar
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /buk/
References
- H. Steinhauer, "Going" and "Coming" in the Blagar of Dolap (Pura--Alor--Indonesia) (1977)
Czech
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *bukъ, apparently from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂ǵos (“beech tree”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /buk/
Declension
Dupaningan Agta
Dutch
Pronunciation
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ʏk
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /buːk/
Audio (file)
Iban
Etymology
From Proto-Malayic *buək, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buhək, from Proto-Austronesian *bukəS.
Ida'an
References
- Nelleke Elisabeth Goudswaard, The Begak (Ida'an) language of Sabah (2005)
Indonesian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈbʊk]
- Hyphenation: buk
Etymology 1
Onomatopoeic.
Noun
buk (first-person possessive bukku, second-person possessive bukmu, third-person possessive buknya)
- a sound of a large ripe fruit (object) falling to the ground
- Synonym: debuk
Derived terms
- mengebuk
Further reading
- “buk” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Javanese
Alternative forms
- Carakan: ꦧꦸꦏ꧀
- Roman: boek (dated)
References
- “[ buk]” in Bausastra Jawa, Yogyakarta: The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta [Balai Bahasa Provinsi Yogyakarta].
Karo Batak
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buhək, from Proto-Austronesian *bukəS.
References
- Ahmad Samin Siregar et al. (2001). Kamus Bahasa Karo–Indonesia. Medan: Balai Pustaka, p. 30.
Lower Sorbian

Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *bukъ, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂ǵos. Cognate with Upper Sorbian buk, Polish buk, Czech buk, Russian бук (buk), and Serbo-Croatian bȕkva.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /buk/
Declension
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
Middle English
Middle Low German
Etymology
From Old Saxon būk, from Proto-Germanic *būkaz (“belly, body”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /buːk/
Noun
Nigerian Pidgin
North Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisian bōk. Cognates include Mooring North Frisian bök and West Frisian boek.
Norwegian Bokmål
Synonyms
Derived terms
Norwegian Nynorsk
Synonyms
Derived terms
Old Frisian
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From bȕka.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bûːk/
Noun
bȗk m (Cyrillic spelling бу̑к)
Declension
Synonyms
- vodopad (waterfall)
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish būker, from Old Norse búkr, from Proto-Germanic *būkaz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰōw-.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ʉːk
Declension
| Declension of buk | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | buk | buken | bukar | bukarna |
| Genitive | buks | bukens | bukars | bukarnas |
Derived terms
- bukspott (“pancreatic juice”)
Volapük
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /buk/
Declension
Derived terms
- bukabled
- bukem
- bukeman
- bukemik
- buk fliodik
- bukik
- bukiselidöp
- bukitanädan
- fliodabuk
- lebuk
- vödabuk
West Flemish
Etymology
From Middle Dutch buc, variant of boc, from Old Dutch buc, from Proto-Germanic *bukkaz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bək/