English

Interjection

lauk

1. (Britain, dialectal, obsolete) Alternative form of lawks
   • 1861, H.B. Ashmead, Mother Goose's Chimes, Rhymes & Melodies., Philadelphia (1861), page 77:

     Lauk a mercy on me....

Estonian

Etymology

From a Germanic language; compare Finnish laukka, Swedish lök, German Lauch, and English leek

Noun

lauk ‎(genitive laugu, partitive lauku)

1. allium (type of plant including onion and garlic)

Inflection

Derived terms

• küüslauk

Icelandic

Noun

lauk

1. indefinite accusative singular of laukur
2. indefinite dative singular of laukur

Latvian

Noun

lauk m

1. vocative singular form of lauks

Lithuanian

Verb

lauk

1. second-person singular imperative of laukti.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Lauk

Alternative forms

• løk

Etymology

From Old Norse laukr, from Proto-Norse ᛚᚨᚢᚲᚨᛉ ‎(laukaz), from Proto-Germanic *laukaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /løʉk/ (example of pronunciation)

Noun

lauk m ‎(definite singular lauken, indefinite plural laukar, definite plural laukane)

1. plants of the genus Allium, garlic

Derived terms

References

• “lauk” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polabian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *lukъ.

Noun

lauk

1. garlic

Sundanese

Noun

lauk

1. fish