puk

See also: Puk, puk-, puk⁷, puk⁸, pu·k, pük, and пук

Albanian

Etymology

From Latin publica.

Noun

puk m (plural puka, definite puki, definite plural pukat)

1. fool
2. idiot

Chuukese

Etymology

Borrowed from English book.

Noun

puk

1. book

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpuk]

Noun

puk m inan

1. (ice hockey) puck

   Synonyms: kotouč, touš

2. bud
3. fissure, crack
4. puff of smoke
5. pleat, fold

Declension

Declension of puk (velar masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	puk	puky
genitive	puku	puků
dative	puku	pukům
accusative	puk	puky
vocative	puku	puky
locative	puku	pucích
instrumental	pukem	puky

Noun

puk m anim

1. (rare, folklore) puck (mischievous spirit)

Declension

Declension of puk (velar masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	puk	pukové
genitive	puka	puků
dative	pukovi, puku	pukům
accusative	puka	puky
vocative	puku	pukové
locative	pukovi, puku	pucích
instrumental	pukem	puky

Further reading

• “puk”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “puk”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “puk”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Mokilese

Etymology

Borrowed from English book, from Middle English bok, book, from Old English bōc, from Proto-West Germanic *bōk, from Proto-Germanic *bōks

Noun

puk

1. book

Inflection

Forms of puk

Demonstrative formss	Singular	Plural
1st person (near speaker)	pukke	pukkai
2nd person (near hearer)	pukken	pukken
3rd person (near neither speaker nor hearer)	pukko	pukkok
Article forms
indefinite	pukkoaw	pukpwi
definite	pukwa	pukwa

Naga Pidgin

Etymology

Inherited from Assamese পোক (pük).

Noun

puk

1. insect

   Synonym: kira

Norman

Alternative forms

• pouque (Jersey)

Etymology

From Old Northern French poque, puque (compare Old French puche, modern French poche), from Old Norse poki. Compare also English pocket, poke (noun) from the same source through Anglo-Norman.

Noun

puk f (plural puks)

1. (Sark) bag

Old Tupi

Etymology

Cognate with Mbyá Guaraní pu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpuk]
• Rhymes: -uk
• Hyphenation: puk

Verb

puk (first-person singular active indicative apuk, first-person singular negative active indicative n'apuki, first-person singular gerund gûipuka, noun puka) (intransitive)

1. to be perforated
2. to break (to end up in two or more pieces)

   Synonyms: bok, îeká

3. to be forced (to be forcibly open)

   Synonym: îeká

4. to be deflorated
   • 16th century, Joseph of Anchieta, compiled by Eduardo de Almeida Navarro and Helder Perri Ferreira, Poemas: lírica portuguesa e tupi (Poetas do Brasil; 5), 2nd edition, São Paulo: Martins Fontes, published 2004, →ISBN, page 88:

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     [ […] I puke'ỹme nhẽ o'a oúpa.]

     He was indeed being born without her deflorating.

5. to have pollution (to ejaculate outside of sexual intercourse)
   • 1622, anonymous author, “Polução ter”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica, volume 2 (overall work in Old Tupi and Portuguese), Piratininga, page 80; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, São Paulo: USP, 1953:

     Apuapuc […]

     [Apuapuk […] ]

     I keep having pollutions.

6. (of stormy weather) to clear up

Conjugation

    Conjugation of puk (intransitive, consonant ending) (See Appendix:Old Tupi verbs)

Note: not all forms are attested, most of the table is reconstructed based on known patterns.

Causative	momuk
Causative-comitative	eropuk
Deverbals
-ba'e	opukyba'e
-sab(a)	pukaba
-sar(a)	pukara
	Singular		Singular & Plural	Plural
	1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person exclusive	1st person inclusive	2nd person
Verbal forms
Active
Indicative	apuk	erepuk	opuk	oropuk	îapuk	pepuk
Permissive	t'apuk	t'erepuk	t'opuk	t'oropuk	t'îapuk	ta pepuk
Imperative		epuk				pepuk
Negative indicative	n'apuki	n'erepuki	n'opuki	n'oropuki	n'îapuki	na pepuki
Negative permissive	t'apuk umẽ	t'erepuk umẽ	t'opuk umẽ	t'oropuk umẽ	t'îapuk umẽ	ta pepuk umẽ
Negative imperative		epuk umẽ				pepuk umẽ
Gerund
Affirmative	gûipuka	epuka	opuka	oropuka	îapuka	pepuka
Negative	gûipuke'yma	epuke'yma	opuke'yma	oropuke'yma	îapuke'yma	pepuke'yma
Nominal forms
Infinitive
Affirmative	puka
Negative	puke'yma
Circumstantial
Affirmative	xe puki		i puki	oré puki	îandé puki
Negative	xe puke'ymi		i puke'ymi	oré puke'ymi	îandé puke'ymi

Derived terms

• mombuk
• pupuk

 

Descendants

• Nheengatu: puka

References

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “puk”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil [Dictionary of Old Tupi: The Classical Indigenous Language of Brazil] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 409, columns 1–2

Polish

Alternative forms

• puk-puk

Etymology

Deverbal from pukać.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpuk/

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• Rhymes: -uk
• Syllabification: puk
• Homophone: Puk

Interjection

puk

1. knock knock (used in lieu of knocking (e.g. on the door), when it is not possible to knock)

Noun

puk m inan

1. (rare) knock (abrupt rapping sound, as from an impact of a hard object against wood)

   Synonyms: pukanie, stukanie

Declension

Declension of puk

	singular	plural
nominative	puk	puki
genitive	puku	puków
dative	pukowi	pukom
accusative	puk	puki
instrumental	pukiem	pukami
locative	puku	pukach
vocative	puku	puki

Further reading

• puk in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Semai

Etymology

From Proto-Aslian *puk (“chicken”).

Noun

puk

1. chicken

Synonyms

• manuk

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From earlier *puok, from older plk, from Proto-Slavic *pъlkъ, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *fulkaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pûːk/

Noun

pȗk m (Cyrillic spelling пу̑к)

1. folk, people

Declension

Declension of puk

	singular	plural
nominative	pȗk	púkovi / pȗci
genitive	pȗka	púkova / pȗkā
dative	pȗku	púkovima / pȗcima
accusative	pȗk	púkove / pȗke
vocative	pȗče	púkovi / pȗci
locative	pȗku	púkovima / pȗcima
instrumental	pȗkom	púkovima / pȗcima

Further reading

• “puk”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
• “puk”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Slovak

Etymology

Borrowed from English puck. First attested in the 20th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [puk]

Noun

puk m inan

1. (ice hockey) puck

Declension

Declension of puk

	singular	plural
nominative	puk	puky
genitive	puku	pukov
dative	puku	pukom
accusative	puk	puky
locative	puke	pukoch
instrumental	pukom	pukmi

Further reading

• “puk”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Tulu-Bohuai

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /puk/

Noun

puk

1. banana

Further reading

• Bohuai
• Malcolm Ross, Proto Oceanic and the Austronesian Languages of Western Melanesia, Pacific Linguistics, series C-98 (1988)