nuk

See also: nuk', nuk-, Nûk, and ñuk

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

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Nootka.

See also

  • Wiktionary’s coverage of Nootka terms

English

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Interjection

nuk

  1. (comics) The sound of a pacifier being suckled on.

Achang

Pronunciation

  • (Myanmar) /nuk˧/
  • (Luxi) [nuʔ³¹]

Noun

nuk

  1. bean, legume

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, noukdialectal
  • nëkë, nëkdialectal
  • nënk, nëngë, nënkë, nink, nkë, ngëdialectal

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

  1. 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

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “nuk”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 302

Chuukese

Noun

nuk

  1. stomach

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)

  1. whim, impulse

Synonyms