bòk

Kashubian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bokъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbwɛk/
  • Rhymes: -ɛk
  • Syllabification: bòk

Noun

bòk m inan

  1. (anatomy) side, flank (neither the front nor the back; lateral part of a person, animal)
  2. side, flank (neither the front nor the back; lateral part of an object)
  3. side (place in space located to the right or left of some central reference point)
  4. (geometry) side (segment connecting two vertices of a polygon)

Further reading

  • Stefan Ramułt (1893) “bœk”, in Słownik języka pomorskiego czyli kaszubskiego (in Kashubian), page 27
  • Sychta, Bernard (1967) “bok”, in Słownik gwar kaszubskich [Dictionary of Kashubian dialects] (in Polish), volumes 1 (A – Ǵ), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 54
  • Jan Trepczyk (1994) “bok”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2
  • Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “bok”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi[1]
  • bòk”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022