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bugt.

bend, curve

4 characters1 syllables approx.Íslenska language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈpʏxt]
  1. bend, curve

    feminine
  2. bight (area of sea that curves inland)

    feminine
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Middle Low German bucht and Danish bugt (which was also borrowed from the Middle Low German word); both from Old Saxon *buht, from Proto-West Germanic *buhti, from Proto-Germanic *buhtiz. A doublet of the inherited bót.

noun[ˈpʏxt]
  1. bowing (bending in respect or deference)

    neuter · no-plural
Where this word comes from

From bugta (sig) (“to bow”), from Danish bugte (sig) (“to bow”), derived from bugt (“bend, curve”), from Middle Low German bucht (whence Icelandic bugt (1)), from Old Saxon *buht, from Proto-West Germanic *buhti, from Proto-Germanic *buhtiz.

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