buke

See also: buké, būke, bukë, büke, bùkě, bǔkè, and bükə

Fijian

Etymology

From Proto-Central Pacific *buke, from Proto-Oceanic *buke, *buki, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *bukij, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *bukij, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bukij, from Proto-Austronesian *bukij.

Noun

buke

1. (geography) mound, hill, hillock (especially one used for planting yams)

   Na buke oqo e vinaka me teivaki kina na uvi.

   This mound is good for planting yams.

Derived terms

• bubului vaka bukete (“to make false promises”, literally “to swear like a pregnant woman”)
• bukebuke (“mound”)
• bukete (“pregnant”)
• bukete vatu (“false pregnancy”, literally “stone pregnancy”)
• dravusani ga na buke e cere (“the important person [e.g., a chief] is to be favoured”, literally “only the elevated mound is weeded”)
• Nabukebuke (name of supertribe that predominates in Namosi Province)
• vakabuketetaka (“to impregnate, make pregnant”)

References

• Gatty, Ronald (2009), “buke”, in Fijian–English Dictionary‎^[1], Suva, Fiji: Ronald Gatty, →ISBN, page 30

Japanese

Romanization

buke

1. Rōmaji transcription of ぶけ

Middle English

Noun

buke

1. (Northern) alternative form of bok

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

buke m (definite singular bukeen, indefinite plural bukeer, definite plural bukeene)

1. alternative spelling of buké

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

buke m (definite singular bukeen, indefinite plural bukear, definite plural bukeane)

1. alternative spelling of buké

Scots

Noun

buke (plural bukes)

1. alternative form of buik (“book”)

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

buke (Cyrillic spelling буке)

1. accusative plural of buk

Noun

buke (Cyrillic spelling буке)

1. inflection of buka:
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Volapük

Noun

buke

1. dative singular of buk

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English bok, from Old English bōc, from Proto-West Germanic *bōk.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /buːk/

Noun

buke

1. book
   • 1927, “PAUDEEN FOUGHLAAN'S WEDDEEN”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 133, line 6:

     Wi buke an wi candale hay tackled a paare.

     With book and with candle he tackled the pair;

References

• Kathleen A. Browne (1927), “THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD.”, in Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of lreland (Sixth Series)‎^[2], volume 17, number 2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, page 133