valks

English

Noun

valks

  1. plural of valk

Latvian

Etymology 1

Related to the verbs vilkt (“to pull, draw, drag”) and valkāt (“to wear”), all from Proto-Baltic *wilk-, from Proto-Indo-European *welk- (“to pull, draw, drag”).[1]

Noun

valks

  1. (rare) something for everyday, not special (esp. clothes)
    manas valka drēbes varēsi paņemt ― my everyday clothes you can take
Usage notes

By itself, valks is rather rare; derived nouns such as pārvalks (“cover, case”) or uzvalks (“suit”) are much more frequent.

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Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-European *welk- (“to pull, draw, drag”), here probably influenced by Proto-Indo-European *welg- (“humid, wet”); see Latvian valgs (“moist, humid, damp”).[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [vâlks]

Noun

valks

  1. (dialectal) creek, brook, small water stream
    viņa aizstaigā līdz valkam ― she walked to the stream
    viņas gāja pāri valkam pa iztrupējušu tiltiņu ― they went over the brook on a little rotten bridge
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References

  1. ↑ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “vilkt”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
  2. ↑ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “valgs”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
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