# puk
## Albanian
### Etymology

From Latin publica.

### Noun

puk m (plural puka, definite puki, definite plural pukat)
* fool
* idiot

### References

* ↑ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “puk”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 346

## Chuukese
### Etymology

Borrowed from English book.

### Noun

puk
* book

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈpuk]

### Noun

puk m inan
* (ice hockey) puck
    Synonyms: kotouč, touš
* bud
* fissure, crack
* puff of smoke
* pleat, fold

#### Declension
### Noun

puk m anim
* (rare, folklore) puck (mischievous spirit)

#### Declension
### 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), 2008–2025

## 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
* book

#### Inflection
## Naga Pidgin
### Etymology

Inherited from Assamese পোক (pük).

### Noun

puk
* 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)
* (Sark) bag

## Old Tupi
### Alternative forms

Historical spellings :
| Anchieta (1555) | puc |
| VLB (1624) | puc / pûc |

### Etymology

Cognate with Mbyá Guaraní pu.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpuk/
* Rhymes: -uk
* Hyphenation: puk

### Verb

puk (first-person singular active indicative apuk, first-person singular negative active indicative n'apuki, noun puka) (intransitive)
* to be perforated
    Synonym: kûar
* to break (to end up in two or more pieces)
    Synonyms: bok, îeká
* to be forced (to be forcibly open)
    Synonym: îeká
* to be deflorated
** 16th century, Joseph of Anchieta, chapter XXIV, in [livrinho de variaſ poeziaſ] [Booklet of various poems], page 25v, lines 13–16; republished as Maria de Lourdes de Paula Martins, compiler, Poesias, São Paulo, 1956, page 60:Cig uepe oeterama Tupã tarî / ypuc eimenhe oa oupa / yande poreauçuboca, yãde çupa / pitãgamõ gatu cecopotari.[Sygépe o eterama Tupã tari / i puke'ỹme nhẽ o'a oúpa / îandé poreaûsuboka, îandé supa / pitangamongatu sekopotari.]In her womb, God received His own future body. He was indeed being born without her deflorating, to pity and visit us, determining him as a good child.
* 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.
* (of stormy weather) to clear up
    Synonyms: îepirok, pukaíb

#### Derived terms

* mombuk
* pukaíb
* pupuk

#### Descendants

* Nheengatu: puka

### References

* ↑ anonymous author (1622) “Buraco ter ou furado estar”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica (overall work in Portuguese), Piratininga; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, volume 1, São Paulo: USP, 1953, page 60: “Apûc [Apuk]”
* ↑ anonymous author (1622) “Arrebentar”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica (overall work in Portuguese), Piratininga; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, volume 1, São Paulo: USP, 1953, page 42: “Apuc [Apuk]”
* ↑ anonymous author (1622) “Arrombarse assi”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica (overall work in Portuguese), Piratininga; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, volume 1, São Paulo: USP, 1953, page 44: “Apûc [Apuk]”
* ↑ anonymous author (1622) “Esclarecer indo o dia chuiuoso”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica (overall work in Portuguese), Piratininga; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, volume 1, São Paulo: USP, 1953, page 123: “Apuc [Apuk]”
* 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: /ˈpuk/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -uk
* Syllabification: puk
* Homophone: Puk

### Interjection

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

### Noun

puk m inan
* (rare) knock (abrupt rapping sound, as from an impact of a hard object against wood)
    Synonyms: pukanie, stukanie

#### Declension
### Further reading

* puk in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Semai
### Etymology

From Proto-Aslian *puk (“chicken”).

### Noun

puk
* chicken

#### Synonyms

* manuk

### References

* ↑ Basrim bin Ngah Aching (2008) Kamus Engròq Semay – Engròq Malaysia, Kamus Bahasa Semai – Bahasa Malaysia, Bangi: Institut Alam dan Tamadun Melayu, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pûːk/

### Noun

pȗk m (Cyrillic spelling пу̑к)
* folk, people

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “puk”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
* “puk”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

## Slovak
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [puk]

### Noun

puk m inan (diminutive púčik or púčok)
* bud
    Synonym: pupeň
* (colloquial) crease (on clothes)
    Synonym: priehyb

#### Declension
### Noun

puk m inan (relational adjective pukový)
* (ice hockey) puck

#### Declension
### References

* ↑ Králik, Ľubor (2016) “puk”, in Stručný etymologický slovník slovenčiny [Concise Etymological Dictionary of Slovak] (in Slovak), Bratislava: VEDA; JÚĽŠ SAV, →ISBN, page 483

### 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, 2003–2025

## Tulu-Bohuai
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /puk/

### Noun

puk
* banana

### Further reading

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