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