lok

See also: Lok, lök, and løk

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɔk/

Etymology 1

From Dutch lokken, from Middle Dutch locken, from Old Dutch loccon, from Proto-Germanic *lukkōną.

Verb

lok (present lok, present participle lokkende, past participle gelok)

1. (transitive) to lure, to bait

Etymology 2

From Dutch lok, from Middle Dutch locke.

Noun

lok (plural lokke, diminutive lokkie)

1. lock of hair

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Czech

Noun

lok m

1. gulp, swallow of a liquid

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɔk/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: lok
• Rhymes: -ɔk

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch locke.

Noun

lok f (plural lokken, diminutive lokje n)

1. lock of hair

   Synonym: haarlok

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

   Synonym: haarlok

Derived terms

• goudlokje
• haarlok

Descendants

• Afrikaans: lok

Etymology 2

Noun

lok n (plural lokken, diminutive lokje n)

1. (archaic) hole

   Synonyms: gat, hol, holte

Derived terms

• lokerig

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

lok

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

Anagrams

• kol

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse lok, from Proto-Germanic *lūkaną (“to close, shut, cover”).

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 Sicilian locu.

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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Polish

Etymology

From German Locke.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɔk/

• audio

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Noun

lok m inan (diminutive loczek)

1. curl, lock

   Synonym: pukiel

Declension

declension of lok

	singular	plural
nominative	lok	loki
genitive	loku	loków
dative	lokowi	lokom
accusative	lok	loki
instrumental	lokiem	lokami
locative	loku	lokach
vocative	loku	loki

Derived terms

• (noun) lokówka

Further reading

• lok in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• lok in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *lǫkъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lóːk/

Noun

lọ̑k m inan

1. bow (weapon)

Inflection

Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nom. sing.	lók
gen. sing.	lóka
	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

Further reading

• “lok”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

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Swedish

Etymology

Short for lokomotiv

Pronunciation

• audio

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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, klo, kol

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Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English lock.

Noun

lok

1. lock

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Volapük

Noun

lok (nominative 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 later, non-classical Volapük only

Derived terms

• lokaglätik
• lokamamagod
• lokön

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West Frisian

Etymology

Compare English luck. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lok/

Noun

lok n (no plural, diminutive lokje)

1. luck, fortune

   Synonym: gelok

Derived terms

• lokwinskje

Further reading

• “lok”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011