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English
Etymology
Onomatopoeic.
Interjection
nuk
- (comics) The sound of a pacifier being suckled on.
Albanian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Albanian *ne uka (“not one”), from Proto-Indo-European *óynos (“one”). Cognates include Latin unicus, Gothic 𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌷𐌰 (ainaha), Old High German einac, Old Church Slavonic инокъ (inokŭ, “alone, only, single, sole”). Alternatively, Orel proposes *nuka, composed of *nu (< Proto-Indo-European *ne, colored under the influence of the following labiovelar) and *ka (< Proto-Indo-European *kʷo- (*-kʷe), a pronomial stem); thus cognate to Latin neque (“and not”), Sanskrit नच (naca, “and not”), Gothic 𐌽𐌹𐌷 (nih, “and not”), Old Irish nach (“and not”).
Pronunciation
Adverb
nuk
- Negates the meaning of the modified verb: not, don't
- Synonym: s'
Ky film nuk është i mirë.- This movie isn't good.
Ai nuk mban syze.- He doesn't wear glasses.
See also
References
Chuukese
Noun
nuk
- stomach
Dutch
Etymology
Related to archaic nucke (“cunning, craft”), ultimately from the root of neuken (“to be annoying to”). See also Icelandic hnykkja (“to jerk”).
Pronunciation
Noun
nuk f (plural nukken, diminutive nukje n)
- whim, impulse.
Synonyms