luk

luk

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

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Lunanakha terms

From Proto-Great Andamanese *luk.

luk

1. channel (of water)
2. path
3. road
4. strait

• Juliette Blevins, Linguistic clues to Andamanese pre-history: Understanding the North-South divide, pg. 21 (2009)

• IPA^(key): /(l)luk/ [(l)lʊʰk]
• Hyphenation: luk

luk

1. synonym of lih (“with”)

• IPA^(key): /ˈluk/ [ˈlʊʰk]
• Hyphenation: luk

lúk

1. -k converb of lé

• E. M. Parker; R. J. Hayward (1985), “...(l)luk”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN

luk (past min luk, future go luk, a go luk, wi luk, wil luk, completive dun luk, imperfective a luk)

1. to look

• IPA^(key): [ˈluk]

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• Hyphenation: luk

Inherited from Old Czech luk, from Proto-Slavic *lǫkъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *lankás, from Proto-Indo-European *lenk- (“to bend”).

luk m inan (diminutive louček or lučík)

1. bow (weapon)

   Meronyms: lučiště, tětiva

• → Polish: łuk

• šíp m

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

luk

1. genitive plural of louka

   Synonym: louk

• “luk”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “luk”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “luk”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

luk

1. imperative of lukke
2. (interjection) shut it!, stop talking

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• Rhymes: -ʏk

luk

1. inflection of lukken:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

• KUL

luk

1. romanization of 𐌻𐌿𐌺

Uncertain; perhaps from Proto-Finno-Ugric *lowkke (“hole”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈluk]
• Rhymes: -uk

luk (plural lukak)

1. (folksy) alternative form of lyuk

• luk , redirecting to lyuk in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

• lucke

From Middle Dutch luc.

• IPA^(key): /luk/

luk (plural luckes)

1. (Late Middle English) good fortune; gain, profit

• lukky

• English: luck
• Yola: lhuck, lluck, looke

• “luk, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

• IPA^(key): /ˈluk/

luk

1. knot

• Harrison, Sheldon P.; Albert, Salich Y. (1977), Mokilese-English Dictionary‎^[1], Honolulu: The University Press of Hawaii, →ISBN, page 142

Borrowed from German Luke.

• IPA^(key): /ˈluk/

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• Rhymes: -uk
• Syllabification: luk

luk m inan

1. (nautical) hatch, hatchway (hole that leads into a ship's hold)

   Masowce ładowane są przez luki. ― Bulk carriers are loaded through the hatchways.

2. (nautical) bay, hold (compartment in a vehicle)

   Pracownik lotniska zatrzasnął się w luku bagażowym samolotu. ― An airport employee trapped himself in the cargo hold of an airplane.

luk f

1. genitive plural of luka

• “luk”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[2] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “luk”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[3] (in Polish)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lukъ. Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *lewg- (“to bend”). Compare Low German look, Look, German Lauch, Swedish lök, English leek.

• IPA^(key): /lûk/

lȕk m inan (Cyrillic spelling лу̏к)

1. onion
2. (regional) garlic
3. any Allium species

• “luk”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lǫkъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *lankás, from Proto-Indo-European *lenk- (“to bend”). Cognate with Lithuanian lankas.

• IPA^(key): /lûːk/

lȗk m inan (Cyrillic spelling лу̑к)

1. bow (a weapon)
2. arch

• “luk”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lǫkъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *lankás, from Proto-Indo-European *lenk- (“to bend”). Cognate with Lithuanian lankas.

• IPA^(key): /luk/, [ˈluk]
• Rhymes: -uk
• Homophone: Luk

luk m inan (relational adjective lukový)

1. bow, (weapon that shoots arrows)

• “luk”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026

luk

1. genitive dual/plural of luka

From English look.

luk intrans., transitive lukim

1. to look

• luksave

• lukluk
• lukim
• lukautim