Latvian

Noun

valks

1. (rare) something for everyday, not special (esp. clothes)

   manas valka drēbes varēsi paņemt‎ ― my everyday clothes you can take

Declension

Usage notes

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

Derived terms

• pārvalks
• uzvalks

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

Declension

Synonyms

• strauts

References

1. ↑ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “vilkt”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, ISBN 9984-700-12-7
2. ↑ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “valgs”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, ISBN 9984-700-12-7