boch

• bòcha (Sette Comuni)

From Middle High German woche, from Old High German wohha, an alteration of wehha, from Proto-Germanic *wikǭ (“sequence; week”). Cognate with German Woche, Dutch week, English week, Icelandic vika.

boch f (plural bochan)

1. (Luserna) week

• Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

From Middle High German woche, from Old High German wohha, an alteration of wehha, from Proto-West Germanic *wikā (“week”), from Proto-Germanic *wikǭ (“sequence; week”). Cognate with German Woche, English week.

boch f

1. week

• “boch” in Cimbrian, Ladin, Mòcheno: Getting to know 3 peoples. 2015. Servizio minoranze linguistiche locali della Provincia autonoma di Trento, Trento, Italy.

• (Zinacantán) IPA^(key): [ɓɔt͡ɕʰ]

boch

1. calabash tree (Crescentia cujete)
2. container made of a fruit of the above plant

• pisis boch teʼ

• “boč” in Laughlin, Robert M. (1975) The Great Tzotzil Dictionary of San Lorenzo Zinacantán. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press.

From Proto-Brythonic *box, from Latin bucca (“cheek”). Cognate with Cornish bogh (“cheek”), Breton boc'h (“cheek”), Scottish Gaelic bòc (“surge, swell”).

• IPA^(key): /boːχ/
• Rhymes: -oːχ

boch f (plural bochau)

1. cheek, jaw

• grudd

• bochyn m, bochig f (diminutive)

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “boch”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies