auk

English

Auks, Aethia psittacula

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Icelandic álka, from Old Norse alka (“auk”), from Proto-Germanic *allakǭ, *allǭ (“sea-bird”), 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”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɔːk/
  • Homophone: awk

Noun

auk (plural auks)

  1. Any of several species of Arctic sea birds of the family Alcidae.

Synonyms

Translations

Anagrams

Estonian

Etymology

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

Noun

auk (genitive augu, partitive auku)

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

Declension

Derived terms

Gothic

Romanization

auk

  1. Romanization of 𐌰𐌿𐌺

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [øyːk]
    Rhymes: -øyːk

Preposition

auk

  1. (governs the genitive) in addition to

Derived terms

  • að auki, þar að auki (besides, moreover)
  • auk heldur
  • auk þess heldur, aukin heldur
  • auk þess

Inuktitut

Noun

auk

  1. Latin spelling of ᐊᐅᒃ (auk)

Norwegian Bokmål

auk

  1. imperative of auke

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

auk

  1. imperative of auka and auke

Old Norse

Alternative forms

  • ok (ᚢᚴ)

Etymology

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

Conjunction

auk (runic script ᛅᚢᚴ)

  1. and

Descendants

  • Danish: og
  • Faroese: og
  • Icelandic: og
  • Norwegian: og (Bokmål), og (Nynorsk)
  • Swedish: och

Tocharian B

Etymology

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

Noun

auk

  1. snake

Westrobothnian

Etymology 1

From Old Norse auka, from Proto-Germanic *aukaną. Akin to English eke, Danish øge, Gothic 𐌰𐌿𐌺𐌰𐌽 (aukan), Latin augeō, Latvian augt.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /èʊ̯ːk/ (example of pronunciation)
    Rhymes: -ɞ̀ɵ̯ːk

Verb

auk (preterite auktä, supine aukt)

  1. (transitive) to increase[1]

Etymology 2

From Old Norse eykr, from Proto-Germanic *jaukiją.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /éʊ̯ːk/ (example of pronunciation)
    Rhymes: -ɞ́ɵ̯ːk

Noun

auk m

  1. draught animal

References

  1. ↑ Rietz, Johan Ernst, “Auk”, in Svenskt dialektlexikon: ordbok öfver svenska allmogespråket [Swedish dialectal lexicon: a dictionary for the Swedish lects] (in Swedish), 1962 edition, Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups Förlag, published 1862–1867, page 15

Yup'ik

Noun

auk

  1. blood
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