łukas
Sudovian edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Baltic [Term?], from Proto-Indo-European [Term?]. Compare Lithuanian lokỹs, Latvian lâcis, Old Prussian clokis.[1][2]
Noun edit
łukaſ
- (zoology) bear
- “Pagan dialects from Narew” line 24, (copied by V. Zinov, 1983):
- niedzwedz [niedźwiedź] — łukaſ
- niedzwedz [niedźwiedź] — bear
- niedzwedz [niedźwiedź] — łukaſ
References edit
- ^ Zigmas Zinkevičius (1985) “Lenkų-jotvingių žodynėlis? [A Polish-Yotvingian dictionary?]”, in Baltistica (in Lithuanian), volume 21, number 1, page 75: “łukaſ ‘lokys, l. niedzwedz’ 24.”
- ^ “lokỹs” in Hock et al., Altlitauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch 2.0 (online, 2020–): “nar. sm. łukaſ Bär”.