kurk

See also: kürk

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch kurk, from Spanish corcho, ultimately from Latin cortex.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kœrk/

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Noun

kurk (plural kurke)

1. cork

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch curc, from Spanish corcho, ultimately from Latin cortex. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʏrk/

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• Hyphenation: kurk
• Rhymes: -ʏrk

Noun

kurk n (plural kurken, diminutive kurkje n)

1. cork (material)

Noun

kurk m (plural kurken, diminutive kurkje n)

1. cork (stop of a bottle)

Derived terms

• kurken
• kurkentrekker

Related terms

• cortex

Descendants

• Afrikaans: kurk
• Berbice Creole Dutch: korku
• Negerhollands: koruk
• → Aukan: koluku
• → Caribbean Hindustani: korku
• → Japanese: コルク
• → Papiamentu: kòrki, kurki

Anagrams

• kruk

Estonian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *kurkku, from Proto-Germanic *kwerkō. Cognates include Finnish kurkku.

Noun

kurk (genitive kurgu, partitive kurku)

1. throat

Inflection

Declension of kurk (ÕS type 22e/riik, k-g gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		kurk	kurgud
accusative	nom.
	gen.	kurgu
genitive			kurkude
partitive		kurku	kurke kurkusid
illative		kurku kurgusse	kurkudesse kurgesse
inessive		kurgus	kurkudes kurges
elative		kurgust	kurkudest kurgest
allative		kurgule	kurkudele kurgele
adessive		kurgul	kurkudel kurgel
ablative		kurgult	kurkudelt kurgelt
translative		kurguks	kurkudeks kurgeks
terminative		kurguni	kurkudeni
essive		kurguna	kurkudena
abessive		kurguta	kurkudeta
comitative		kurguga	kurkudega

Etymology 2

From German Gurke.

Noun

kurk (genitive kurgi, partitive kurki)

1. cucumber

Inflection

Declension of kurk (ÕS type 22e/riik, k-g gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		kurk	kurgid
accusative	nom.
	gen.	kurgi
genitive			kurkide
partitive		kurki	kurke kurkisid
illative		kurki kurgisse	kurkidesse kurgesse
inessive		kurgis	kurkides kurges
elative		kurgist	kurkidest kurgest
allative		kurgile	kurkidele kurgele
adessive		kurgil	kurkidel kurgel
ablative		kurgilt	kurkidelt kurgelt
translative		kurgiks	kurkideks kurgeks
terminative		kurgini	kurkideni
essive		kurgina	kurkidena
abessive		kurgita	kurkideta
comitative		kurgiga	kurkidega

Livonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kurkku.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkurk/, [ˈkurˑkˑ]

Noun

kurk

1. throat

Declension

Declension of kurk (94)

	singular (ikšlu’g)	plural (pǟgiņlu’g)
nominative (nominatīv)	kurk	kūrkõd
genitive (genitīv)	kurk	kūrkõd
partitive (partitīv)	kurkõ	kūrkidi
dative (datīv)	kurkõn	kūrkõdõn
instrumental (instrumentāl)	kurkõks	kūrkõdõks
illative (illatīv)	kurkõ	kūrkiž
inessive (inesīv)	kurksõ	kūrkis
elative (elatīv)	kurkstõ	kūrkist

References

• Tiit-Rein Viitso; Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), “kurk”, in Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary]‎^[1] (in Estonian and Latvian), Tartu, Rīga: Tartu Ülikool, Latviešu valodas aģentūra

Ludian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *kurkku.

Noun

kurk

1. throat

Declension

Declension of kurk (type 5b/čiič, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	kurk	kurkud
genitive	kurkun	kurkuiden
partitive	kurkkud	kurkuid
essive	kurkun	kurkuin
instructive	—	kurkuin
inessive	kurkus	kurkuiš
elative	kurkuspiä	kurkuišpiä
illative	kurkkuh	kurkuihe
adessive	kurkul	kurkuil
ablative	kurkulpiä	kurkuilpiä
allative	kurkule	kurkuile
abessive	kurkuta	kurkuita
prolative	kurkuči	kurkuiči
translative	kurkuks	kurkuikš
additive	kurkkuhpiä	kurkuihepiä
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)

References

• M. Pahomov (2022), Lüüdi-venän, venä-lüüdin sanakirdʹ‎^[2], Helsinki: Lüüdilaine Siebr, →ISBN

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Russian курок (kurok).

Noun

kurk

1. trigger

Declension

Declension of kurk (type 5b/čiič, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	kurk	kurkud
genitive	kurkun	kurkuiden
partitive	kurkkud	kurkuid
essive	kurkun	kurkuin
instructive	—	kurkuin
inessive	kurkus	kurkuiš
elative	kurkuspiä	kurkuišpiä
illative	kurkkuh	kurkuihe
adessive	kurkul	kurkuil
ablative	kurkulpiä	kurkuilpiä
allative	kurkule	kurkuile
abessive	kurkuta	kurkuita
prolative	kurkuči	kurkuiči
translative	kurkuks	kurkuikš
additive	kurkkuhpiä	kurkuihepiä
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)

References

• M. Pahomov (2022), Lüüdi-venän, venä-lüüdin sanakirdʹ‎^[3], Helsinki: Lüüdilaine Siebr, →ISBN

Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kurkku.

Noun

kurk

1. throat

Declension

Inflection of kurk (inflection type 1/ilo)
nominative sing.	kurk
genitive sing.	kurkun
partitive sing.	kurkud
partitive plur.	kurkuid
	singular	plural
nominative	kurk	kurkud
accusative	kurkun	kurkud
genitive	kurkun	kurkuiden
partitive	kurkud	kurkuid
essive-instructive	kurkun	kurkuin
translative	kurkuks	kurkuikš
inessive	kurkus	kurkuiš
elative	kurkuspäi	kurkuišpäi
illative	kurkuhu	kurkuihe
adessive	kurkul	kurkuil
ablative	kurkulpäi	kurkuilpäi
allative	kurkule	kurkuile
abessive	kurkuta	kurkuita
comitative	kurkunke	kurkuidenke
prolative	kurkudme	kurkuidme
approximative I	kurkunno	kurkuidenno
approximative II	kurkunnoks	kurkuidennoks
egressive	kurkunnopäi	kurkuidennopäi
terminative I	kurkuhusai	kurkuihesai
terminative II	kurkulesai	kurkuilesai
terminative III	kurkussai	—
additive I	kurkuhupäi	kurkuihepäi
additive II	kurkulepäi	kurkuilepäi