lök

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See also: lok, loek, Lok, and løk

Hungarian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Finno-Ugric *lükkä- (to bump, shove, push). [1] Cognates include Finnish lykätä.

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

lök

  1. (transitive) to push

Conjugation[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

(With verbal prefixes):

References[edit]

  1. ^ Entry #485 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungary.

Further reading[edit]

  • lök in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Icelandic[edit]

Noun[edit]

lök

  1. indefinite nominative plural of lak
  2. indefinite accusative plural of lak

Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Swedish lø̄ker, from Old Norse laukr, from Proto-Norse ᛚᚨᚢᚲᚨᛉ (laukaʀ), from Proto-Germanic *laukaz.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /løːk/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -øːk

Noun[edit]

lök c

  1. onion; a genus of plants. See also Allium
  2. the bulb-shaped root portion of a plant such as a tulip, from which the rest of the plant may be regrown
  3. (slang) a female breast
  4. (slang) being lazy

Usage notes[edit]

In case of cooking etc. it refers to gul lök (onion)

Declension[edit]

Declension of lök 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative lök löken lökar lökarna
Genitive löks lökens lökars lökarnas

Derived terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

Volapük[edit]

Noun[edit]

lök (nominative plural löks)

  1. lock

Declension[edit]