boek

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Afrikaans

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Etymology

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From Dutch boek, from Middle Dutch boec, from Old Dutch buoc, from Proto-Germanic *bōks.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /buk/, [bʊk][1]
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

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boek (plural boeke, diminutive boekie)

  1. book

References

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  1. ^ 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

Dutch

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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

Compare West Frisian boek, Low German Book, German Buch, English book, Danish bog.

Noun

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boek n (plural boeken, diminutive boekje n or boekske n) (Belgium, non-standard: m)

  1. book
  2. (obsolete, Holland) omasum
    Synonyms: boekmaag, boekpens
Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • Afrikaans: boek
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: buku
  • Negerhollands: boek, bok, buki
  • Petjo: boek
  • Skepi Creole Dutch: buk
  • → Caribbean Hindustani: buk
  • → Caribbean Javanese: buku
  • → Javanese: ꦧꦸꦏꦸ (buku)
  • → Malay: buku
  • → Papiamentu: buki, boeki (from the diminutive)
  • → Sranan Tongo: buku

Etymology 2

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Verb

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boek

  1. inflection of boeken:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
    3. imperative

Anagrams

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Javanese

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Noun

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boek

  1. Dated spelling of buk.

West Frisian

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Etymology

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From Old Frisian bōk, from Proto-West Germanic *bōk, from Proto-Germanic *bōks.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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boek n (plural boeken, diminutive boekje)

  1. book

Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • “boek (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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