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Saturday 18 November 2023

Linguistic Archaeology: the -uk suffix

 -uk suffix Medicine People Sub-dictionary


1. Periuk (Cooking Pot)
2. Njamuk (Mosquito)
3. Patuk (To Bite)
4. Pupuk (Dung)
5. Masuk (To partake)
6. Putjuk (Sprout)
7. Rusuk (Flame, Rib)
8. Serbuk (Powder, Dust)
9. Tarduk (Horn)
10. Tjutjuk (To Pierce)
11. Tubruk (To Collide)
12. Batuk (To Cough)
13. Amburuk (Collapse)
14. Antuk (To be sleepy)
15. Angguk (To nid-nod)
16. Beduk (Big Drum)
17. Bungkuk (Hump)
18. Buduk (Rotten Smell)
19. Gelatuk (to Tremble)
20. Gemuk (Fat, Stout)
21. Kutuk (To Curse)
22. Buruk (Bad)
23. Lupuk (Mould)
24. Mabuk (Drunk)
25. Mangkuk (Bowl)
26. Idjuk (Fibre of Arenga palm)








Popularity of Use
A      %     E     %      I      %     O      %       U        %
11 42%    5 19%      2  7%     0    0%       26 100%

B      %     C     %      D      %     F      %       G        %
9  37%     0    0%     4  15%     0    0%       5    19%

H      %     J     %      K      %     L      %       M        %
0     0%    4 15%      26 100%  2   7%       6    23%

N      %     P     %      Q      %     R      %       S        %
5   19%    5 19%      0     0%     7 26%       2      7%

T      %     V     %      W      %     X      %       Y        %
8  30%     0    0%     0      0%    0    0%      0      0%

Z      %
0    0%



Popularity of use
100% K, U:
42% A, K, U:
37% B, A, K, U:
30% T, B, A, K, U: Batuk (To Cough), Kutuk (To Curse),
25% R, T, B, A, K, U: Buruk (Bad), Tubruk (To Collide),
23% M, R, T, B, A, K, U: Amburuk (Collapse), Masuk (To partake), Mabuk (Drunk),
19% P, E, N, G, M, R, T, B, A, K, U: Bungkuk (Hump), Mangkuk (Bowl), Antuk (To be sleepy), Angguk (To nid-nod), Gemuk (Fat, Stout), Patuk (To Bite), Pupuk (Dung),
15% J, D, P, E, N, G, M, R, T, B, A, K, U: Putjuk (Sprout) , Tarduk (Horn), Tjutjuk (To Pierce), Beduk (Big Drum), Buduk (Rotten Smell), Njamuk (Mosquito),
7% S, L, I, J, D, P, E, N, G, M, R, T, B, A, K, U: Gelatuk (to Tremble), Lupuk (Mould), Rusuk (Flame, Rib), Serbuk (Powder, Dust), Periuk (Cooking Pot), Idjuk (Fibre of Arenga palm),
0% Z, V, W, X, Y, Q, F, C, O



23% looks like a rare moment in the history of these people when they just got drunk and passed out. Everything else seems to be dominated by some form of suffering due to injury, illness, or disease.

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