# lauk
## English
### Interjection

lauk
* (British, dialectal, obsolete) Alternative form of lawks
** 1861, H.B. Ashmead, Mother Goose's Chimes, Rhymes & Melodies‎, Philadelphia, page 77:Lauk a mercy on me....

### Anagrams

* Kalu, Kula, Luka, kula

## Basque
### Adjective

lauk
* ergative indefinite of lau

### Noun

lauk
* ergative indefinite of lau

### Numeral

lauk
* ergative indefinite of lau

## Brunei Malay
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *lauk (“side dish”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lahuk (“mixed, as foods”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /lauk/, /lok/
* Hyphenation: la‧uk

### Noun

lauk
* fish (vertebrate animal)
    Synonym: ikan
* side dish in a rice-based meal
    Synonym: gulai

### References

* Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*lahuk”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

## Estonian
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *laukka, from Proto-Germanic *laukaz; compare Finnish laukka, Swedish lök, German Lauch, and English leek.

### Noun

lauk (genitive laugu, partitive lauku)
* allium (type of plant including onion and garlic)

#### Derived terms

* küüslauk

## Icelandic
### Noun

lauk
* indefinite accusative singular of laukur
* indefinite dative singular of laukur

### Verb

lauk
* first-person singular past indicative of ljúka
* third-person singular past indicative of ljúka

## Indonesian
### Etymology

Inherited from Malay lauk, from Proto-Malayic *lauk, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lahuk (“mixed, as foods”).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Indonesian) IPA: /ˈlauk/ [ˈla.ʊk̚]
* Rhymes: -auk
* Syllabification: lauk

### Noun

lauk (plural lauk-pauk or lauk-lauk)
* side dish, in a rice-based meal

#### Derived terms

* berlauk (“with a side dish”)

### References

* Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*lahuk”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

### Further reading

* “lauk” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Latvian
### Noun

lauk m
* vocative singular of lauks

## Lithuanian
### Adverb

laũk
* Alternative form of laukañ (“out, away”)

### Verb

lauk
* second-person singular imperative of laukti

## Ludian
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *laukka, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *laukaz. Cognates include Finnish laukka.

#### Noun

lauk
* leek
* onion

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Russian лавка (lavka). Cognates include Livvi laukku and colloquial Finnish lafka.

#### Noun

lauk
* shop, store

### References

* Miikul Pahomov (2016) “lauk”, in Учебный словарь литературного людиковского языка‎

## Malay
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *lauk, grom Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lahuk (“mixed, as foods”). Compare to Brunei Malay lauk (“fish; side dish”).

### Noun

lauk
* side dish, in a rice-based meal
    Synonym: gulai

#### Descendants

* Indonesian: lauk

### References

* Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*lahuk”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Alternative forms

* løk

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /løʉk/

### Noun

lauk m (definite singular lauken, indefinite plural laukar, definite plural laukane)
* onion
* plant of the genus Allium

#### Derived terms

* blomsterlauk
* kepalauk
* kvitlauk
* ramslauk
* sigerslauk
* vårlauk

### References

* “lauk” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Old Norse
### Noun

lauk
* indefinite accusative singular of laukr

## Polabian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lukъ.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /lau̯k/

### Noun

lauk m inan
* garlic

### References

* Polański, Kazimierz, James Allen Sehnert (1967) “lauk”, in Polabian-English Dictionary, The Hague, Paris: Mouton & Co, page 87

## Sundanese
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lahuk (“mixed, as foods”). Compare to Brunei Malay lauk (“fish; side dish”), Malay lauk (“side dish”).

### Noun

lauk (Sundanese script ᮜᮅᮊ᮪)
* fish

### References

* Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*lahuk”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

## Veps
### Etymology

Borrowed from Russian лавка (lavka). Cognates include Finnish lafka and Livvi laukku.

### Noun

lauk
* shop