bolk
English
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Etymology
From Middle English bolken, balken (“to vomit, overflow”), from Old English bealcian (“to belch, utter, bring up, sputter out, pour out, give forth, emit, come forth”), from Proto-Germanic *balkōną, *belkaną (“to belch”), ultimately imitative. Cognate with Dutch balken, bulken (“to bellow”), German bölken (“to roar”). See also belch.
Verb
bolk (third-person singular simple present bolks, present participle bolking, simple past and past participle bolked)
- (intransitive) To belch.
- (intransitive) To vomit; retch.
- (intransitive) To heave.
- (intransitive) To gush out.
- (transitive) To belch out; give vent to; ejaculate.
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Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch bolc, from Proto-Germanic *bulnuka, perhaps related to the root of English bulk, referring to the convex shape.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
bolk m (plural bolken)
- pouting, bib, Trisopterus luscus
- Synonyms: steenbolk, steenwijting
- (obsolete) whiting or cod
Derived terms
References
- ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “bolk1”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
bolk m (definite singular bolken, indefinite plural bolkar, definite plural bolkane)
- a part
References
- “bolk” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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