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gauk

Basque

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Noun

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gauk

  1. ergative indefinite of gau

Lithuanian

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Verb

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gauk

  1. second-person singular imperative of gauti

Middle English

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Noun

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gauk

  1. Alternative form of goke

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From Old Norse gaukr, from Proto-Germanic *gaukaz.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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gauk m (definite singular gauken, indefinite plural gaukar, definite plural gaukane)

  2. 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; […]
  3. 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.
  4. (music) an ocarina
  6. a person from Sandnes, Rogaland

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