auk
English edit
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Etymology edit
From Icelandic álka, from Old Norse alka (“auk”), from Proto-Germanic *alkǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁el- (“a kind of bird”). Cognate with Swedish alka (“auk”), Norwegian and Danish alke (“auk”), Swedish dialectal alla (“long-tailed duck”) (Clangula hyemalis, syn. Fuligula glacialis), Latin olor (“swan”), Ancient Greek ἐλέα (eléa, “marsh-bird”), Welsh alarch (“swan”).
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /ɔːk/
- Rhymes: -ɔːk
- Homophones: awk, orc (in non-rhotic accents)
Noun edit
auk (plural auks)
- Any of several species of Arctic sea birds of the family Alcidae.
- Synonym: alcid
- 2018 June 20, Louise Tickle, The Guardian[1]:
- Further afield, these auks are also in dire straits: Norway has seen vertiginous crashes, with hundreds of thousands of adult puffins in the once-teeming colony of Røst struggling to fledge any chicks in recent years.
Derived terms edit
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Estonian edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Finnic *aukko. Cognate to Finnish aukko, Livonian ouk and Votic aukko.
Noun edit
auk (genitive augu, partitive auku)
Declension edit
Declension of auk (ÕS type 22e/riik, k-g gradation) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | auk | augud | |
accusative | nom. | ||
gen. | augu | ||
genitive | aukude | ||
partitive | auku | auke aukusid | |
illative | auku augusse |
aukudesse augesse | |
inessive | augus | aukudes auges | |
elative | august | aukudest augest | |
allative | augule | aukudele augele | |
adessive | augul | aukudel augel | |
ablative | augult | aukudelt augelt | |
translative | auguks | aukudeks augeks | |
terminative | auguni | aukudeni | |
essive | auguna | aukudena | |
abessive | auguta | aukudeta | |
comitative | auguga | aukudega |
Derived terms edit
Gothic edit
Romanization edit
auk
- Romanization of 𐌰𐌿𐌺
Icelandic edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Preposition edit
auk
- (governs the genitive) in addition to
Derived terms edit
- að auki, þar að auki (besides, moreover)
- auk heldur
- auk þess heldur, aukin heldur
- auk þess
Inuktitut edit
Noun edit
auk
- Latin spelling of ᐊᐅᒃ (aok)
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Verb edit
auk
- imperative of auke
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Verb edit
auk
- imperative of auka
Old Norse edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Germanic *auk (“also”). Cognate with Old English ēac, Old Frisian āk, Old Saxon ōk, Old High German ouh, Gothic 𐌰𐌿𐌺 (auk).
Conjunction edit
auk (runic script ᛅᚢᚴ)
Descendants edit
Sakizaya edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
auk
Tocharian B edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Tocharian *ewk, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ógʷʰis. Cognate with Ancient Greek ὄφις (óphis) and Sanskrit अहि (ahi).
Noun edit
auk ?
Yup'ik edit
Noun edit
auk
- English terms derived from Icelandic
- English terms derived from Old Norse
- English terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English 1-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:English/ɔːk
- Rhymes:English/ɔːk/1 syllable
- English terms with homophones
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English terms with quotations
- en:Auks
- Estonian terms inherited from Proto-Finnic
- Estonian terms derived from Proto-Finnic
- Estonian lemmas
- Estonian nouns
- Estonian riik-type nominals
- Gothic non-lemma forms
- Gothic romanizations
- Icelandic terms inherited from Old Norse
- Icelandic terms derived from Old Norse
- Icelandic terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Icelandic/øyːk
- Rhymes:Icelandic/øyːk/1 syllable
- Icelandic lemmas
- Icelandic prepositions
- Icelandic prepositions that govern the genitive
- Inuktitut lemmas
- Inuktitut nouns
- Inuktitut terms in Latin script
- Norwegian Bokmål non-lemma forms
- Norwegian Bokmål verb forms
- Norwegian Nynorsk non-lemma forms
- Norwegian Nynorsk verb forms
- Old Norse terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Old Norse lemmas
- Old Norse conjunctions
- Sakizaya terms with IPA pronunciation
- Sakizaya lemmas
- Sakizaya nouns
- Tocharian B terms inherited from Proto-Tocharian
- Tocharian B terms derived from Proto-Tocharian
- Tocharian B terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Tocharian B terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Tocharian B lemmas
- Tocharian B nouns
- txb:Reptiles
- Yup'ik lemmas
- Yup'ik nouns
- esu:Body