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

• Rom

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

• IPA^(key): [buk]
• Homophones: bóg, Bóg, Bug

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

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

• bukabled
• bukem
• bukeman
• bukemik
• buk fliodik
• bukik
• bukiselidöp
• bukitanädan
• fliodabuk
• lebuk
• vödabuk

See also

• fliod
• gased