köken: From the verb bucare, from buca, or from either Old Frankish *būk (“cavity, stomach”) or Gothic *𐌱𐌿𐌺𐍃 (*būks), both from Proto-Germanic *būkaz (“belly, torso”). Compare Occitan/Catalan buc ("torso; cow's chest"). More at bouk.
Cumpanzeddu camminava, povera bestia, ma oramai le sue zampe non lasciavano che buchi bianchi sulla neve bianca.
[Il gufo] s’è fatto un occhio nero nel tentativo di centrare, volando al buio un po’ alticcio, il buco nell’albero dove abita.
pause, hiatus · cessation, discontinuation · termination (the process of firing an employee)
çekim: çoğul παύσεις · tamlayan παύσης
köken: Learned borrowing from Koine Greek παῦσις (paûsis) with semantic loan from French pause in the musical senses. By surface analysis, παύω (pávo) + -ση (-si).
hole, gap, opening · aperture · hole (lack of an electron)
çekim: çoğul aukot · tamlayan aukon
köken: From Proto-Finnic *aukko (compare Estonian auk, Votic aukko), either derived from the same root as avata, aukea, or alternatively proposed to be a borrowing from Proto-Germanic *augô (“eye”).
gap between the upper front teeth, diastema · harelip · hiatus (two vowels in sequence without an intervening consonant)
çekim: çoğul séanais · tamlayan séanais
köken: Possibly from séan (“good luck”), due to the folkloric association between having a gap in the front teeth and good luck. (Compare French dents du bonheur, literally "teeth of happiness".)