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boch
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Cimbrian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle High German woche, from Old High German wohha, an alteration of wëhha, from Proto-Germanic *wikǭ (“sequence; week”). Cognate with German Woche, Dutch week, English week, Icelandic vika.
Noun
boch f (plural bochan)
References
- Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien
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Mòcheno
Etymology
From Middle High German woche, from Old High German wohha, an alteration of wëhha, from Proto-West Germanic *wikā (“week”), from Proto-Germanic *wikǭ (“sequence; week”). Cognate with German Woche, English week.
Noun
boch f
References
- “boch” in Cimbrian, Ladin, Mòcheno: Getting to know 3 peoples. 2015. Servizio minoranze linguistiche locali della Provincia autonoma di Trento, Trento, Italy.
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North Frisian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Frisian *bucht, from Proto-West Germanic *buht, *buhti, from Proto-Germanic *buhtiz (“bay”), from Proto-Germanic *beuganą (“to bend, bow”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewgʰ- (“to bend”).
Noun
boch
- (Heligoland) bay, bight, gulf
Tzotzil
Pronunciation
Noun
boch
- calabash tree (Crescentia cujete)
- container made of a fruit of the above plant
Derived terms
- pisis boch teʼ
References
- “boč” in Laughlin, Robert M. (1975) The Great Tzotzil Dictionary of San Lorenzo Zinacantán. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press.
Welsh
Etymology
From Proto-Brythonic *box, from Latin bucca (“cheek”). Cognate with Cornish bogh (“cheek”), Breton boc'h (“cheek”), Scottish Gaelic bòc (“surge, swell”).
Pronunciation
Noun
boch f (plural bochau, diminutive bochig or bochyn)
Synonyms
Derived terms
- bochaid (“cheekful”)
Compounds
- bochddarn (“cheekpiece”)
- bochfoch (“cheek by jowl”)
- bochgern (“cheekbone”)
- bochgoch (“red-cheeked”)
- bochgoden (“cheek pouch”)
Mutation
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “boch”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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