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Buk

Buk

See also: buk, búk, bûk, būk, and bük

English

Alternative forms

  • BUK

Noun

Buk (plural Buks)

  1. (military) A type of self-propelled anti-aircraft missile system from the Soviet Union.
    • 1992, “New Priorities Set for Ground Forces Air Defense”‚ in Central Eurasia Joint Publications Research Service Report (Military Affairs n 40), Foreign Broadcast Information Service, p 17:
      But systems like our S-300 V, Buk-M1, Tor, and Osa actually destroyed all the targets with a single missile.
    • 2008, Aviation News v 70, Saint Leonards-on-Sea, UK: HPC Publishing, p 5:
      A photo shows that the UAVs employed by Georgia are Hermes 450s and they have reportedly been downed by Buk SAMs.
    • 2014, “Buk missile launcher, suspected in jetliner attack, requires skill to use”, CBSNews.com, July 18,
      Pentagon officials say the missile likely came from an SA-11 or SA-17 launch vehicle -- otherwise known as a "Buk." Both Russia and Ukraine have Buks, as do most other former Soviet Union states and China.

Synonyms

  • SA-11, SA-11 Gadfly
  • SA-17, SA-17 Grizzly

Translations


German Low German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [buːk]

Noun

Buk n (genitive Buke, dative Buke)

  1. (in some dialects) alternative spelling of Buuk : stomach
  2. (in some dialects) alternative spelling of Buuk : belly, abdomen

Saterland Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian *buk, from Proto-Germanic *bukkaz. More at buck.

Noun

Buk m

  1. buck (male animal)

Synonyms

buk

buk

See also: Buk, búk, bûk, būk, and bük

Czech

Noun

buk m, inanimate

  1. beech (beech tree)

Declension

Derived terms


Dupaninan Agta

Noun

buk

  1. hair

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ʏk

Verb

buk

  1. first-person singular present indicative of bukken
  2. imperative of bukken

German

Pronunciation

Verb

buk

  1. First-person singular preterite of backen.
  2. Third-person singular preterite of backen.

Ida'an

Etymology

From English.

Noun

buk

  1. book

References

  • Nelleke Elisabeth Goudswaard, The Begak (Ida'an) language of Sabah (2005)

Lojban

Rafsi

buk

  1. rafsi of bukpu.

Lower Sorbian

buki

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *bukъ, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂ǵos. Cognate with Upper Sorbian buk, Polish buk, Czech buk, Russian бук (buk), and Serbo-Croatian bȕkva.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /buk/

Noun

buk m

  1. beech (tree of genus Fagus)
  2. (specifically) European beech, Fagus sylvatica

Declension


Middle Low German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /buːk/

Etymology

From Old Saxon būk, from Proto-Germanic *būkaz (belly, body).

Noun

bûk m (genitive bukes, dative buke)

  1. stomach, belly, abdomen, torso
  2. carcass (a slaughtered animal)

Synonyms

  • lif (body, figurative for belly)
  • mage (stomach)

North Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian bōk. Cognates include Mooring North Frisian bök and West Frisian boek.

Noun

buk n (plural buken)

  1. (Föhr-Amrum) book

Norwegian

Noun

buk m

  1. belly, abdomen, paunch

Polish

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *bukъ

Pronunciation

Noun

buk m inan

  1. beech (tree)

Declension


Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From bȕka.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bûːk/

Noun

bȗk m (Cyrillic spelling бу̑к)

  1. cascade, rapids, cataract
  2. waterfall
  3. the sound of a strong water stream

Declension

References

  • buk” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish būker, from Old Norse búkr, from Proto-Germanic *būkaz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰōw-.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ʉːk

Noun

buk c

  1. belly
  2. abdomen
  3. paunch

Declension

Inflection of buk 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative buk buken bukar bukarna
Genitive buks bukens bukars bukarnas

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English book.

Noun

buk

  1. book

Volapük

Etymology

From English book.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /buk/

Noun

buk (plural buks)

  1. book

Declension

Derived terms

See also