bozkať

Slovak

Etymology

Diminutive of bozať (to kiss), of onomatopoeic origin. Compare Polish buzia, buziak (kiss), Middle Irish pusóc (kiss), German Buss (kiss), Lithuanian bučiúoti (to kiss), Albanian buzë (lip).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɔskac/

Verb

bozkať impf

  1. to kiss

Conjugation

Further reading

  • bozkať”, 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, 2024
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