gauk

Lithuanian

Verb

gauk

  1. second-person singular imperative of gauti.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse gaukr.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡæʉk/

Noun

gauk m (definite singular gauken, indefinite plural gaukar, definite plural gaukane)

  1. a cuckoo, Cuculus canorus
    • 1860, Aasmund Olavsson Vinje, "Vaaren":
      Enno ei Gong den Velsignad eg fekk, at Gauken eg høyrde; […]
      Once again I was granted the blessing to hear the cuckoo; […]
  2. one who sells liquor illegally

See also

References

Westrobothnian

Etymology

From Old Norse gaukr, from Proto-Germanic *gaukaz, akin to Old English ġēac, Old High German gouh.

Pronunciation 1

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

Noun

gauk m

  1. a cuckoo, Cuculus canorus
Alternative forms
  • göuk
  • gäuk
Synonyms
  • guku

Pronunciation 2

  • IPA(key): /²ɡæʉk/ (example of pronunciation)
    Rhymes: -ɞ̀ɵ̯ːk

Verb

gauk (preterite gok or gaukkä, supine gokkä or gaukkä)

  1. (intransitive) To crow; said of the cuckoo and hens rooster.
    Gauken gaukkä
    the cuckoo cuckooed
  2. (intransitive) To sing, shout, talk constantly all the time.
    Han gaukä hele väjen han for
    He sang and shouted all the way he traveled
  3. (intransitive) To mimic the cuckoo.
Alternative forms
  • gokk
  • geuk
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