gauk
Basque edit
Noun edit
gauk
Lithuanian edit
Verb edit
gauk
Middle English edit
Noun edit
gauk
- Alternative form of goke
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse gaukr, from Proto-Germanic *gaukaz.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
gauk m (definite singular gauken, indefinite plural gaukar, definite plural gaukane)
- a cuckoo, (Cuculus canorus)
- 1860, Aasmund Olavsson Vinje, Vaaren:
- Enno ei Gong den Velsignad eg fekk, at Gauken eg høyrde; […]
- Once again I was granted the blessing to hear the cuckoo; […]
- one who sells liquor illegally
- 1952, Norsk sætertradisjon, volume 47, page 560:
- Borti haugana låg det gjerne nok av gauker, tøllegauka kalla me dei, for dei heldt gjerne til under ei stor fure.
- Over in the hills one could often find unlicensed sellers of liquor. We called them pine traders, as they were often found underneath a large pine tree.
- (music) an ocarina
- a person from Sandnes, Rogaland
Synonyms edit
- (illicitor of alcohol): langar
- (ocarina): leirgauk, okarina
- (person from Sandnes): sandnesbu, sandnesgauk
Derived terms edit
See also edit
- gjøk (Bokmål)
References edit
- “gauk” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.