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byka.

wash textiles in boiling water

4 characters2 syllables approx.Svenska language

Meaning & usage

verb/²byːɡa/
  1. wash textiles in boiling water

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Where this word comes from

From Middle Low German büken, ultimately related to Proto-West Germanic *bōkijā (“beech”). Related to German bauchen and German bäuchen. Cognate of French buer and English buck (“to soak, steep or boil in lye or suds”).

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