buik

From Dutch buik, from Middle Dutch buuc, from Old Dutch būc, from Proto-Germanic *būkaz.

• Hyphenation: buik

buik (plural buike, diminutive buikie)

1. abdomen, belly, stomach, paunch
2. (anatomy) venter
3. (nautical) the bilge of a ship.
4. the thickest part of a barrel.
5. the spherical part of a bottle.
6. the buck of a wagon.

From Middle Dutch buuc, from Old Dutch būc, from Proto-West Germanic *būk, from Proto-Germanic *būkaz.

• IPA^(key): /bœy̯k/

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• Hyphenation: buik
• Rhymes: -œy̯k

buik m (plural buiken, diminutive buikje n)

1. belly

   Hij heeft een grote buik.

   He has a big belly.

2. paunch (referring euphemistically to a protrusive belly)
3. (nautical) the lowest inner part of a ship's hull, where water accumulates

   De zeilboot heeft water in de buik.

   The sailboat has water in its hull.

• Afrikaans: buik
• Negerhollands: buk, big, bik
• Skepi Creole Dutch: buk

• beuk, buke, beuck

From Middle English booke, from Old English bōc. See book for more.

buik (plural buiks)

1. book
   • 1568, “The Wryttar to the Redare”, in George Bannatyne, editor, Bannatyne Manuscript:

     Heir endis this buik, writtin in tyme of pest / Quhen we fra labor was compeld to rest

     Here ends this book, written in time of plague, / When we from labour were compelled to rest

   • 1830, “The Aucht Years' Plea”, in The Glasgow University Album: A Selection of Original Pieces, page 168:

     His Lordship was lollin' in his easy chair afore the fire, tho' it was a fine June mornin'; and a puir, shrivelled, pock-pitted, black-coated chiel was reading to him frae some buik or ither.

     His Lordship was lolling in his easy chair in front of the fire, though it was a fine June morning; and a poor, shrivelled, pock-pitted, black-coated fellow was reading to him from some book or other.

   • 2016 April 20, Matthew Fitt, “Attainment o oor weans: Let me spell it oot in Scots”, in The National‎^[1]:

     But introduce Scots, even jist a wee bit o it, intae a wean’s learnin and mair aften than no, a licht goes on. Bairns that hadnae opened a buik afore want tae ken whaur the library is.

     But introduce Scots, even just a little bit of it, into a child's learning and more often than not, a light goes on. Children that hadn't opened a book before want to know where the library is.