вуйко

From вуй (vuj) +‎ -ко (-ko), from Proto-Slavic *ujь. Compare Macedonian вујко (vujko).

• IPA^(key): [ˈwui̯kɔ]

ву́йко • (vújko) m pers (genitive ву́йка, nominative plural ву́йки, genitive plural ву́йків, feminine ву́йна) (chiefly dialectal)

1. maternal uncle
2. gaffer (an older man)
3. (figuratively) bear

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• Hrinchenko, Borys, editor (1907–1909), “ву́йко”, in Словарь украинского языка [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Russian), Kyiv: Kievskaya starina
• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “ву́йко”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Rusanivskyi, V. M., editor (2012), “ву́йко”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volume 3 (відстава́ння – ґура́льня), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
• “ву́йко”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)