neuk

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

See nook.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

neuk (plural neuks)

  1. (Scotland, Northumbria) A corner; a nook. A fairy fiddler frae the neuk, [nook] - "Robert Burns", by William Allan Neilson (1917)
  2. (Scotland, Northumbria) A bend (e.g. in a coast) …the fleet, after exploring the harbours, had doubled the East Neuk, passed safely through St Andrews Bay, and entered the Firth of Tay. --Chronicles of Strathearn (1896) - Rev. John Hunter.

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Afrikaans[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Dutch neuken. Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *hnukāną.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /nɪøk/
  • (file)

Verb[edit]

neuk (present neuk, present participle neukende, past participle geneuk)

  1. to push, hit

Basque[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /neu̯k/, [ne̞u̯k]

Pronoun[edit]

neuk

  1. ergative of neu

Dutch[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

neuk

  1. inflection of neuken:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. imperative

Serbo-Croatian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /něuk/
  • Hyphenation: ne‧uk

Adjective[edit]

nèuk (definite nèukī, comparative neukiji, Cyrillic spelling нѐук)

  1. ignorant, uneducated, unschooled

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