# luk
## Translingual
### Symbol

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

### See also

* Wiktionary's coverage of Lunanakha terms

## A-Pucikwar
### Etymology

From Proto-Great Andamanese *luk.

### Noun

luk
* channel (of water)
* path
* road
* strait

### References

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

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈluk]
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* Hyphenation: luk

### Etymology 1

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

#### Noun

luk m inan
* bow (weapon)
    Meronyms: lučiště, tětiva

##### Derived terms

* lukař

##### Descendants

* → Polish: łuk

##### See also

* šíp m

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Noun

luk
* genitive plural of louka
    Synonym: louk

### Further reading

* “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), 2008–2025

## Danish
### Verb

luk
* imperative of lukke
* (interjection) shut it!, stop talking

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ʏk

### Verb

luk
* inflection of lukken:
** first-person singular present indicative
** (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
** imperative

### Anagrams

* KUL

## Gothic
### Romanization

luk
* Romanization of 𐌻𐌿𐌺

## Hungarian
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈluk]
* Rhymes: -uk

### Noun

luk (plural lukak)
* (folksy) Alternative form of lyuk

#### Derived terms

* lukacska
* lukas
* lukú

### Further reading

* luk , redirecting to lyuk in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

## Middle English
### Alternative forms

* lucke

### Etymology

From Middle Dutch luc.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /luk/

### Noun

luk (plural luckes)
* (Late Middle English) good fortune; gain, profit

#### Derived terms

* lukky

#### Descendants

* English: luck
* Yola: lhuck, looke

#### References

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

## Mokilese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈluk/

### Noun

luk
* knot

## Polish
### Etymology

Borrowed from German Luke.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈluk/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -uk
* Syllabification: luk

### Noun

luk m inan
* (nautical) hatch, hatchway (hole that leads into a ship's hold)
    Masowce ładowane są przez luki. ― Bulk carriers are loaded through the hatchways.
* (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.

#### Derived terms

* lukowy

### Noun

luk f
* genitive plural of luka

### Further reading

* luk in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* luk in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology 1

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

#### Noun

lȕk m (Cyrillic spelling лу̏к)
* onion
* (regional) garlic
* any Allium species

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

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

#### Noun

lȗk m (Cyrillic spelling лу̑к)
* bow (a weapon)
* arch

##### Declension
## Slovak
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [luk]
* Homophone: Luk

### Noun

luk m inan (relational adjective lukový)
* bow, (weapon that shoots arrows)

#### Derived terms

* lukostrelec

### Further reading

* “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, 2003–2025

## Slovene
### Noun

luk
* genitive dual/plural of luka

## Tok Pisin
### Etymology

From English look.

### Verb

luk intrans., transitive lukim
* to look

#### Derived terms

* luksave

#### Related terms

* lukluk
* lukim
* lukautim