Masculine
buik
Meaning
- (masculine) belly
- (masculine) paunch (referring euphemistically to a protrusive belly)
- (masculine) the lowest inner part of a ship's hull, where water accumulates
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Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/bœy̯k/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle Dutch buuc, from Old Dutch būc, from Proto-West Germanic *būk, from Proto-Germanic *būkaz.
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