búkur

See also: bukur

Faroese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse búkr, from Proto-Germanic *būkaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpʉuːkʊɹ/

  Rhymes: -ʉuːkʊɹ

Noun

búkur m (genitive singular búks, plural búkar)

1. belly, abdomen

Declension

Declension of búkur
m6	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	búkur	búkurin	búkar	búkarnir
accusative	búk	búkin	búkar	búkarnar
dative	búki	búkinum	búkum	búkunum
genitive	búks	búksins	búka	búkanna

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse búkr, from Proto-Germanic *būkaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpuːkʏr/

  Rhymes: -uːkʏr

Noun

búkur m (genitive singular búks, nominative plural búkar)

1. trunk (of the body)
2. belly

Synonyms

• (trunk): bolur
• (belly): kviður

Derived terms

• búktal
• búktalari