buccan
bucan
orboucan
\(ˈ)bü¦kan, -kän\Definition of buccan
-ed/-ing/-s
: to expose (meat) in strips to fire and smoke upon a buccan
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Origin and Etymology of buccan
borrowed from Middle French boucaner, verbal derivative of boucan “wooden frame for roasting or smoking meat” — more at 2buccan
buccan
bucan
orboucan
\"\Definition of buccan
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1 : a wooden frame or grid for roasting, smoking, or drying meat over fire
2 : buccaned meat
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Origin and Etymology of buccan
borrowed from French, going back to Middle French, borrowed from Tupi mokaʔẽ́, mbokaʔẽ́, from mo-, mbo-, causative marker + kaʔẽ “to be roasted, dried”
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