auk

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English

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Auks, Aethia psittacula

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Etymology

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From Icelandic álka, from Old Norse alka (auk), from Proto-Germanic *alkǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁el- (a kind of bird). Cognate with Swedish alka (auk), Norwegian and Danish alke (auk), Swedish dialectal alla (long-tailed duck) (Clangula hyemalis, syn. Fuligula glacialis), Latin olor (swan), Ancient Greek ἐλέα (eléa, marsh-bird), Welsh alarch (swan).

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Noun

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auk (plural auks)

  1. Any of several species of Arctic sea birds of the family Alcidae.
    Synonym: alcid
    • 2018 June 20, Louise Tickle, The Guardian[1]:
      Further afield, these auks are also in dire straits: Norway has seen vertiginous crashes, with hundreds of thousands of adult puffins in the once-teeming colony of Røst struggling to fledge any chicks in recent years.

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Estonian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *aukko. Cognate to Finnish aukko, Livonian ouk and Votic aukko.

Noun

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auk (genitive augu, partitive auku)

  1. hole, cavity
  2. pit
  3. gap, opening

Declension

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Declension of auk (ÕS type 22e/riik, k-g gradation)
singular plural
nominative auk augud
accusative nom.
gen. augu
genitive aukude
partitive auku auke
aukusid
illative auku
augusse
aukudesse
augesse
inessive augus aukudes
auges
elative august aukudest
augest
allative augule aukudele
augele
adessive augul aukudel
augel
ablative augult aukudelt
augelt
translative auguks aukudeks
augeks
terminative auguni aukudeni
essive auguna aukudena
abessive auguta aukudeta
comitative auguga aukudega

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Gothic

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Romanization

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auk

  1. Romanization of 𐌰𐌿𐌺

Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse auk

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Preposition

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auk

  1. (governs the genitive) in addition to

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Inuktitut

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Noun

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auk

  1. Latin spelling of ᐊᐅᒃ (aok)

Norwegian Bokmål

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Verb

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auk

  1. imperative of auke

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Verb

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auk

  1. imperative of auka

Old Norse

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *auk (also). Cognate with Old English ēac, Old Frisian āk, Old Saxon ōk, Old High German ouh, Gothic 𐌰𐌿𐌺 (auk).

Conjunction

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auk (runic script ᛅᚢᚴ)

  1. and
  2. also, too

Descendants

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  • Icelandic: auk, og
  • Faroese: og
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: og, au, aug; (dialectal) ok, auk, ug
    • Norwegian Bokmål: au
  • Jamtish: og
  • Elfdalian: og
  • Old Swedish: ok, oc, och, ogh
  • Old Danish: oc
    • Danish: og
      • Norwegian Bokmål: og
  • Middle English: oc, ok

Sakizaya

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auk

  1. bamboo

Tocharian B

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Etymology

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From Proto-Tocharian *ewk, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ógʷʰis. Cognate with Ancient Greek ὄφις (óphis) and Sanskrit अहि (ahi).

Noun

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auk ?

  1. snake, serpent

Yup'ik

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Noun

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auk

  1. blood