nuk
Translingual
Etymology
Abbreviation of English Nootka with u as a placeholder, influenced by Nuu-chah-nulth. Also a clipping of Nootka Nuučaan̕uł with k as a placeholder.
Symbol
nuk
See also
- Wiktionary’s coverage of Nootka terms
English
Etymology
Onomatopoeic.
Interjection
nuk
Achang
Pronunciation
- (Myanmar) /nuk˧/
- (Luxi) [nuʔ³¹]
Noun
nuk
Further reading
- Inglis, Douglas, Sampu, Nasaw, Jaseng, Wilai, Jana, Thocha (2005) A preliminary Ngochang–Kachin–English Lexicon[1], Payap University, page 95
Albanian
Alternative forms
- nukë, nuku; nauk, nouk — dialectal
- nëkë, nëk — dialectal
- nënk, nëngë, nënkë, nink, nkë, ngë — dialectal
Etymology
From Proto-Albanian *ne uka (“not one”), from Proto-Indo-European *óynos (“one”). Cognates include Latin unicus, Gothic 𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌷𐌰 (ainaha), Old High German einac, Old Church Slavonic инокъ (inokŭ, “alone, only, single, sole”). Alternatively, Orel proposes *nuka, composed of *nu (< Proto-Indo-European *né, colored under the influence of the following labiovelar) and *ka (< Proto-Indo-European *kʷo- (*-kʷe), a pronomial stem); thus cognate to Latin neque (“and not”), Sanskrit नच (naca, “and not”), Gothic 𐌽𐌹𐌷 (nih, “and not”), Old Irish nach (“and not”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nuk/, [nʊk]
Adverb
nuk
- Negates the meaning of the modified verb: not, don't
- Synonym: s'
- Ky film nuk është i mirë.
- This movie isn't good.
- Ai nuk mban syze.
- He doesn't wear glasses.
See also
References
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “nuk”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 302
Chuukese
Noun
nuk
Dutch
Etymology
Related to archaic nucke (“cunning, craft”), ultimately from the root of neuken (“to be annoying to”). See also Icelandic hnykkja (“to jerk”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nʏk/
Audio: (file)
Noun
nuk f (plural nukken, diminutive nukje n)