tuken

Chuukese

Verb

tuken

1. to swim

Middle English

Alternative forms

• tuk, tuke, tukke, tukken, tukki, tucken, touken, tokken
• tuki, tukie, tuc, toke (Early Middle English, Southwestern, southwest Midlands)

Etymology

From Old English tucian (“to mistreat; to torment”) and Middle Dutch, Middle Low German tucken, all from Proto-Germanic *tukkōną (“to tug; to grab; to grasp”). Doublet of touchen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtukən/, /ˈtuːkən/

Verb

tuken (third-person singular simple present tuks, present participle tukende, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle tukked)

1. to abuse, mistreat
2. to plunder
3. to tuck (gather up fabric)

Derived terms

• tukinge

Descendants

• English: tuck
• Scots: tuck

References

• “tū̆ken, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.