lok

See also: Lok, lök, and løk

Czech

Noun

lok m

1. gulp, swallow of a liquid

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Dutch

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɔk

Noun

lok f (plural lokken, diminutive lokje n)

1. lock of hair
2. one curl in hair of the head, confer goldilocks

Related terms

• goudlokje

Verb

lok

1. first-person singular present indicative of lokken
2. imperative of lokken

Anagrams

• kol

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɔːk/
• Rhymes: -ɔːk

Noun

lok n (genitive singular loks, nominative plural lok)

1. lid

Declension

declension of lok

n-s	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	lok	lokið	lok	lokin
accusative	lok	lokið	lok	lokin
dative	loki	lokinu	lokum	lokunum
genitive	loks	loksins	loka	lokanna

Derived terms

• augnlok

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Malay

Etymology

From Javanese ꦭꦸꦏ꧀ (luk), from Old Javanese eluk, from Proto-Sunda-Sulawesi *həluk.

Pronunciation

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /loʔ/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /lʊʔ/
• Rhymes: -loʔ, -oʔ

Adjective

lok (Jawi spelling لوق)

1. crooked (having one or more bends or angles)

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Maltese

Etymology

From Latin locus

Noun

lok m (plural lokijiet)

1. place

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Short form of lokomotiv

Noun

lok n (definite singular loket, indefinite plural lok, definite plural loka or lokene)

1. a loco (short for locomotive)

Derived terms

• lokfører

References

• “lok” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Short form of lokomotiv

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lʊkː/

Noun

lok n (definite singular loket, indefinite plural lok, definite plural loka)

1. a loco (short for locomotive)

Derived terms

• lokførar

Etymology 2

From Old Norse lok

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /loːk/

Noun

lok n (definite singular loket, indefinite plural lok, definite plural loka)

1. alternative form of lokk

Derived terms

• augelok

References

• “lok” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlóːk/
• Tonal orthography: lọ̑k

Noun

lók m inan (genitive lóka, nominative plural lóki)

1. bow (weapon)

Declension

Declension of lók (masculine inan., hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	lók	lóka	lóki
accusative	lók	lóka	lóke
genitive	lóka	lókov	lókov
dative	lóku	lókoma	lókom
locative	lóku	lókih	lókih
instrumental	lókom	lókoma	lóki

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Swedish

Etymology

Short for lokomotiv

Pronunciation

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Noun

lok n

1. engine, loco, locomotive; The machine which pulls a train forward.

Declension

Declension of lok
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	lok	loket	lok	loken
Genitive	loks	lokets	loks	lokens

Related terms

• ånglok
• diesellok
• ellok
• lokförare
• lokvissla

Anagrams

• kol

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Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English lock.

Noun

lok

1. lock

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Volapük

Noun

lok (plural loks)

1. mirror

Declension

declension of lok

	singular	plural
nominative	lok	loks
genitive	loka	lokas
dative	loke	lokes
accusative	loki	lokis
vocative 1	o lok!	o loks!
predicative 2	loku	lokus

• ¹ status as a case is disputed
• ² in some later, non-classical Volapük only

Derived terms

• lokaglätik
• lokamamagod
• lokön