kurk
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Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch kurk, from Spanish corcho, ultimately from Latin cortex.
Pronunciation
Noun
kurk (plural kurke)
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch curc, from Spanish corcho, ultimately from Latin cortex. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Pronunciation
Noun
kurk n (plural kurken, diminutive kurkje n)
- cork (material)
Noun
kurk m (plural kurken, diminutive kurkje n)
- cork (stop of a bottle)
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- Afrikaans: kurk
- Berbice Creole Dutch: korku
- Negerhollands: koruk
- → Aukan: koluku
- → Caribbean Hindustani: korku
- → Japanese: コルク
- → Papiamentu: kòrki, kurki
Anagrams
Estonian
Etymology 1
From Proto-Finnic *kurkku, from Proto-Germanic *kwerkō. Cognates include Finnish kurkku.
Noun
kurk (genitive kurgu, partitive kurku)
Inflection
| Declension of kurk (ÕS type 22e/riik, k-g gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | kurk | kurgud | |
| accusative | nom. | ||
| gen. | kurgu | ||
| genitive | kurkude | ||
| partitive | kurku | kurke kurkusid | |
| illative | kurku kurgusse |
kurkudesse kurgesse | |
| inessive | kurgus | kurkudes kurges | |
| elative | kurgust | kurkudest kurgest | |
| allative | kurgule | kurkudele kurgele | |
| adessive | kurgul | kurkudel kurgel | |
| ablative | kurgult | kurkudelt kurgelt | |
| translative | kurguks | kurkudeks kurgeks | |
| terminative | kurguni | kurkudeni | |
| essive | kurguna | kurkudena | |
| abessive | kurguta | kurkudeta | |
| comitative | kurguga | kurkudega | |
Etymology 2
Noun
kurk (genitive kurgi, partitive kurki)
Inflection
| Declension of kurk (ÕS type 22e/riik, k-g gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | kurk | kurgid | |
| accusative | nom. | ||
| gen. | kurgi | ||
| genitive | kurkide | ||
| partitive | kurki | kurke kurkisid | |
| illative | kurki kurgisse |
kurkidesse kurgesse | |
| inessive | kurgis | kurkides kurges | |
| elative | kurgist | kurkidest kurgest | |
| allative | kurgile | kurkidele kurgele | |
| adessive | kurgil | kurkidel kurgel | |
| ablative | kurgilt | kurkidelt kurgelt | |
| translative | kurgiks | kurkideks kurgeks | |
| terminative | kurgini | kurkideni | |
| essive | kurgina | kurkidena | |
| abessive | kurgita | kurkideta | |
| comitative | kurgiga | kurkidega | |
Livonian
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *kurkku.
Noun
kurk
Ludian
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *kurkku.
Noun
kurk
Veps
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *kurkku.
Noun
kurk
Declension
| Inflection of kurk (inflection type 1/ilo) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative sing. | kurk | ||
| genitive sing. | kurkun | ||
| partitive sing. | kurkud | ||
| partitive plur. | kurkuid | ||
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | kurk | kurkud | |
| accusative | kurkun | kurkud | |
| genitive | kurkun | kurkuiden | |
| partitive | kurkud | kurkuid | |
| essive-instructive | kurkun | kurkuin | |
| translative | kurkuks | kurkuikš | |
| inessive | kurkus | kurkuiš | |
| elative | kurkuspäi | kurkuišpäi | |
| illative | kurkuhu | kurkuihe | |
| adessive | kurkul | kurkuil | |
| ablative | kurkulpäi | kurkuilpäi | |
| allative | kurkule | kurkuile | |
| abessive | kurkuta | kurkuita | |
| comitative | kurkunke | kurkuidenke | |
| prolative | kurkudme | kurkuidme | |
| approximative I | kurkunno | kurkuidenno | |
| approximative II | kurkunnoks | kurkuidennoks | |
| egressive | kurkunnopäi | kurkuidennopäi | |
| terminative I | kurkuhusai | kurkuihesai | |
| terminative II | kurkulesai | kurkuilesai | |
| terminative III | kurkussai | — | |
| additive I | kurkuhupäi | kurkuihepäi | |
| additive II | kurkulepäi | kurkuilepäi | |