See also: nuk-, Nûk, and ñuk

English

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Etymology

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Onomatopoeic.

Interjection

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nuk

  1. (comics) The sound of a pacifier being suckled on.

Albanian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Albanian *ne uka (not one), from Proto-Indo-European *óynos (one). Cognates include Latin unicus, Gothic 𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌷𐌰 (ainaha), Old High German einac, Old Church Slavonic инокъ (inokŭ, alone, only, single, sole). Alternatively, Orel proposes *nuka, composed of *nu (< Proto-Indo-European *ne, colored under the influence of the following labiovelar) and *ka (< Proto-Indo-European *kʷo- (*-kʷe), a pronomial stem); thus cognate to Latin neque (and not), Sanskrit नच (naca, and not), Gothic 𐌽𐌹𐌷 (nih, and not), Old Irish nach (and not).[1]

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Adverb

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nuk

  1. Negates the meaning of the modified verb: not, don't
    Synonym: s'
    Ky film nuk është i mirë.
    This movie isn't good.
    Ai nuk mban syze.
    He doesn't wear glasses.

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References

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  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “nuk”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 302

Chuukese

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Noun

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nuk

  1. stomach

Dutch

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Etymology

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Related to archaic nucke (cunning, craft), ultimately from the root of neuken (to be annoying to). See also Icelandic hnykkja (to jerk).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /nʏk/
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Noun

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nuk f (plural nukken, diminutive nukje n)

  1. whim, impulse

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