buk

Afrikaans

/bœk/

verb
Definitions
  • (intransitive) to crouch, to duck

Etymology

Inherited from Dutch, Flemish bukken (submit, stoop, yield, bend) inherited from Middle Dutch bucken inherited from Old Dutch *bukken inherited from Proto-Germanic *bukkijaną.

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*bukkijaną

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