auk
English
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Alternative forms
Etymology
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. Lua error in Module:parameters at line 797: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template.), Latin olor (“swan”), Ancient Greek ἐλέα (eléa, “marsh-bird”), Welsh alarch (“swan”).
Pronunciation
Noun
auk (plural auks)
- Any of several species of Arctic sea birds of the family Alcidae.
- 2018, Louise Tickle, The Guardian, 20 June:
- 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.
- Synonym: alcid
- 2018, Louise Tickle, The Guardian, 20 June:
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Anagrams
Estonian
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *augô. Cognate to Finnish aukko, Livonian ouk and Votic aukko.
Noun
auk (genitive augu, partitive auku)
Declension
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Derived terms
Gothic
Romanization
auk
- Romanization of 𐌰𐌿𐌺
Icelandic
Pronunciation
Preposition
auk
- (governs the genitive) in addition to
Derived terms
- að auki, þar að auki (besides, moreover)
- auk heldur
- auk þess heldur, aukin heldur
- auk þess
Inuktitut
Noun
auk
- Latin spelling of ᐊᐅᒃ (aok)
Norwegian Bokmål
Verb
auk
Norwegian Nynorsk
Verb
auk
Old Norse
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *auk (“also”). Cognate with Old English ēac, Old Frisian āk, Old Saxon ōk, Old High German ouh, Gothic 𐌰𐌿𐌺 (auk).
Conjunction
auk (runic script ᛅᚢᚴ)
Descendants
- Icelandic: og
- Faroese: og
- Norwegian: og, òg, au
- Old Swedish: ok, och, ogh
- Elfdalian: og
- Danish: og
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- Jamtish: og
- → Middle English: oc, ok
Tocharian B
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *h₁ógʷʰis. Cognate with Ancient Greek ὄφις (óphis) and Sanskrit अहि (ahi).
Noun
auk ?
Westrobothnian
Etymology 1
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Pronunciation
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Verb
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Etymology 2
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Pronunciation
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Noun
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References
- ^ Rietz, Johan Ernst, “Auk”, in Svenskt dialektlexikon: ordbok öfver svenska allmogespråket [Swedish dialectal lexicon: a dictionary for the Swedish lects] (in Swedish), 1962 edition, Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups Förlag, published 1862–1867, page 15
Yup'ik
Noun
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
- English terms with homophones
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Auks
- Estonian terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Estonian lemmas
- Estonian nouns
- Gothic non-lemma forms
- Gothic romanizations
- Icelandic terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Icelandic/øyːk
- 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
- Tocharian B terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Tocharian B terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Tocharian B lemmas
- Tocharian B nouns
- Yup'ik lemmas
- Yup'ik nouns
- esu:Body