nuk

See also: nuk-, Nûk, and ñuk

English

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Interjection

nuk

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

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 *ne, 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”).

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

• jo

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:

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Noun

nuk f (plural nukken, diminutive nukje n)

1. whim, impulse

Synonyms

• gril, kuur, luim