auk

Alternative forms

• awk, alk

Etymology

From Icelandic álka, from Old Norse alka (“auk”), from Proto-Germanic *alkǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁el- (“a kind of bird”). Cognate with Swedish alka (“auk”), Norwegian and Danish alke (“auk”), Swedish dialectal alla (“long-tailed duck”) (Clangula hyemalis, syn. Fuligula glacialis), Latin olor (“swan”), Ancient Greek ἐλέα (eléa, “marsh-bird”), Welsh alarch (“swan”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔːk/
• Rhymes: -ɔːk
• Homophones: awk; orc (non-rhotic)

Noun

auk (plural auks)

1. Any of several species of Arctic sea birds of the family Alcidae.

   Synonym: alcid

   • 2018 June 20, Louise Tickle, The Guardian‎:

     Further afield, these auks are also in dire straits: Norway has seen vertiginous crashes, with hundreds of thousands of adult puffins in the once-teeming colony of Røst struggling to fledge any chicks in recent years.

Anagrams

• Kau

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *aukko. Cognate to Finnish aukko, Livonian ouk and Votic aukko.

Noun

auk (genitive augu, partitive auku)

1. hole, cavity
2. pit
3. gap, opening

Romanization

auk

1. Romanization of 𐌰𐌿𐌺

Alternative forms

• auki (in "að auk(i)")

Etymology

From Old Norse auk.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [øyːk]

  Rhymes: -øyːk

Preposition

auk

1. in addition to [with genitive]

References

• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)
• Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2025), “auk”, in Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls [The Database of Modern Icelandic Inflection] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies
• Mörður Árnason (2019) Íslensk orðabók, 5th edition, Reykjavík: Forlagið
• “auk” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)

Noun

auk

1. Latin spelling of ᐊᐅᒃ (aok)

Verb

auk

1. imperative of auke

Verb

auk

1. imperative of auka

Alternative forms

• ok

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *auk (“also”). Cognate with Old English ēac, Old Frisian āk, Old Saxon ōk, Old High German ouh, Gothic 𐌰𐌿𐌺 (auk).

Conjunction

auk (runic script ᛅᚢᚴ)

1. and
2. also, too

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.ˈuk/, [a.ˈok]

Noun

auk

1. bamboo

Etymology

From Proto-Tocharian *ewk, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ógʷʰis. Cognate with Ancient Greek ὄφις (óphis) and Sanskrit अहि (ahi).

Noun

auk ?

1. snake, serpent

Noun

auk

1. blood