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Dutch
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle Dutch wilc, variant of willoc.
Pronunciation
Noun
wulk f or m (plural wulken, diminutive wulkje n)
- true whelk, one of certain whelks (edible sea snails) of the genus Buccinum
- common whelk, Buccinum undatum
- Synonyms: karakol, kinkhoorn
Lower Sorbian
Alternative forms
Etymology
wul + -k
Pronunciation
Noun
wulk m inan
- Diminutive of wul
Declension
Further reading
- Starosta, Manfred (1999) “wulk”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag