ūkis

Traditionally derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ewk- (“to become accustomed”), and compared with Sanskrit ओकस् (okas, “house”), Lithuanian jaukìnti (“to domesticate”), Proto-Slavic *učiti (“to teach”), Tocharian B oskiye (“abode”).^[1]

Smoczynski is implicitly skeptical of the above etymology, and suggests either a borrowing from dialectal German Hucke (“load on one's back”) (for which see hocken (“to squat, crouch”) for more), or, if native, from a Proto-Indo-European uh₂k-yos, from *weh₂k- (“collect”), connecting the word to the seemingly obscure vókti (“to gather and hide grain under a roof”), as well as Latvian vâkt (“to collect grain”). However, for the latter derivation, he proposes no possible cognates outside of Baltic.^[2]

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ū́kis m (plural ū́kiai) stress pattern 1

1. farm

   Synonym: ferma

   • 2019, Kišūnaitė, R. and Balionis, G., Beveidė‎, Naujas vardas:

     [...] seneliai turėjo nedidelį ūkį: karvę, pora avių, kelių lysvių daržą ir reikėjo visa tai prižiūrėti.

     the grandparents had a small farm: a cow, a pair of sheep, a garden of several beds, and all this had to be taken care of.

2. farming

   žemės ūkis ― agriculture

3. economy
   • 1994, Lietuvos Krikščionių demokratų partijos dokumentai: pirmasis rinkinys, 1992 m. kovas-1994 m. gegužė., Vilnius: LKDP, →ISBN:

     Lietuvos ūkis turi būti orientuotas į Lietuvos ir išorės rinkoje paklausios produkcijos gamybą.

     The Lithuanian economy must be focused on the production of products in demand in the Lithuanian and foreign markets.