"bouk" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /baʊk/, /bəʊk/ Forms: bouks [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English bouk, from Old English būc (“belly, stomach, pitcher”), from Proto-West Germanic *būk, from Proto-Germanic *būkaz (“belly, body”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰōw- (“to blow, swell”). Cognate with Scots bouk, bowk, buik (“body, carcass”), Dutch buik (“belly”), German Bauch (“belly”), Swedish buk (“belly, abdomen”), Norwegian Bokmål buk (“belly”), Icelandic búkur (“torso”). See also bucket. The modern pronunciation is either a spelling pronunciation or dialectal; compare puck, suck. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|bouk}} Middle English bouk, {{inh|en|ang|būc|t=belly, stomach, pitcher}} Old English būc (“belly, stomach, pitcher”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*būk}} Proto-West Germanic *būk, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*būkaz|t=belly, body}} Proto-Germanic *būkaz (“belly, body”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*bʰōw-|t=to blow, swell}} Proto-Indo-European *bʰōw- (“to blow, swell”), {{cog|sco|bouk}} Scots bouk, {{m|sco|bowk}} bowk, {{m|sco|buik||body, carcass}} buik (“body, carcass”), {{cog|nl|buik||belly}} Dutch buik (“belly”), {{cog|de|Bauch||belly}} German Bauch (“belly”), {{cog|sv|buk||belly, abdomen}} Swedish buk (“belly, abdomen”), {{cog|nb|buk||belly}} Norwegian Bokmål buk (“belly”), {{cog|is|búkur||torso}} Icelandic búkur (“torso”), {{l|en|bucket}} bucket, {{glossary|spelling pronunciation}} spelling pronunciation, {{m|en|puck}} puck, {{m|en|suck}} suck Head templates: {{en-noun}} bouk (plural bouks)
  1. (UK dialectal or obsolete) The belly. Tags: UK, dialectal, obsolete
    Sense id: en-bouk-en-noun-7PIT7JyF Categories (other): British English
  2. (UK dialectal) The trunk or torso of the body, hence the body itself. Tags: UK, dialectal
    Sense id: en-bouk-en-noun-gZS16JdA Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 49 22 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 17 43 13 20 1 1 6 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 17 45 13 16 1 1 6
  3. (UK dialectal) The carcass of a slaughtered animal. Tags: UK, dialectal
    Sense id: en-bouk-en-noun-JlfoAF7J Categories (other): British English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: bouke

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for bouk meaning in English (4.3kB)

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