wulk

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Dutch[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Dutch wilc, variant of willoc.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ʋʏlk/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: wulk
  • Rhymes: -ʏlk

Noun[edit]

wulk f or m (plural wulken, diminutive wulkje n)

  1. true whelk, one of certain whelks (edible sea snails) of the genus Buccinum
  2. common whelk, Buccinum undatum
    Synonyms: karakol, kinkhoorn

Lower Sorbian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

wul +‎ -k

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

wulk m inan

  1. Diminutive of wul

Declension[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • Starosta, Manfred (1999) “wulk”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag