Bouk

See also: bouk

Limburgish

Alternative forms

• book (widespread variant)
• Bouch (Eupen)
• bouk (Sittard, amongst other dialects)
• Bock (Krefeld)

Etymology

From Middle Dutch boec, from Old Dutch *buok, from Proto-West Germanic *bōk, from Proto-Germanic *bōks.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɔu̯k/
• Hyphenation: Bouk
• Rhymes: -ɔu̯k

Noun

Bouk m (plural Böük, diminutive Böügeltje)

1. (Eupen) book

Derived terms

• Abbibouk
• Béllderbouk
• Moëlbouk
• Méssbouk
• Schpaarbouk
• Wöërtsbouk

Saterland Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian bōk, from Proto-West Germanic *bōk. Cognates include West Frisian boek and German Buch.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /boːu̯k/
• Hyphenation: Bouk
• Rhymes: -oːu̯k

Noun

Bouk n (plural Bouke)

1. book

Derived terms

• Woudebouk

References

• Marron C. Fort (2015), “Bouk”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN