"bouk" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /baʊk/, /bəʊk/, /buːk/ [UK, dialectal] 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”). Doublet of bucket. 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”). 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”), {{doublet|en|bucket}} Doublet of bucket, {{cog|sco|bouk}} Scots bouk, {{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”) 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, English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 41 28 31 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 41 12 13 28 1 3 3
  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
  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

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