bòk

Kashubian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bokъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbwɛk/
• Rhymes: -ɛk
• Syllabification: bòk

Noun

bòk m inan

1. (anatomy) side, flank (neither the front nor the back; lateral part of a person, animal)
2. side, flank (neither the front nor the back; lateral part of an object)
3. side (place in space located to the right or left of some central reference point)
4. (geometry) side (segment connecting two vertices of a polygon)

Further reading

• Stefan Ramułt (1893) “bœk”, in Słownik języka pomorskiego czyli kaszubskiego (in Kashubian), page 27
• Sychta, Bernard (1967) “bok”, in Słownik gwar kaszubskich (in Polish), volumes 1 (A – Ǵ), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 54
• Jan Trepczyk (1994) “bok”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2
• Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “bok”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎^[1]
• “bòk”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka, Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022