Bunken

Bunken

See also: bunken

Low German

Etymology

Compare West Frisian bonke (“bone”).

Noun

Bunken pl (German Low German)

  1. (Low Prussian) the bones which are pronouncedly visible beneath the skin of starving animals
  2. (Pomeranian) the large, pronouncedly visible (hind) hip and leg bones of animals
  3. (in northwestern (Schleswig-Holstein) dialects, possibly dated) large (animal) bones

See also

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