different between lask vs lauk

English

Etymology

From Old Northern French *lasque, from lasker ‘to loosen’ (corresponding to standard Old French lascher > French lâcher).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l??sk/, /læsk/
• Rhymes: -æsk

Noun

lask (plural lasks)

1. Diarrhoea (now only of animals).
   • , New York Review of Books, 2001, p.263:

     A grave and learned minister, and an ordinary preacher at Alkmaar in Holland, was (one day as he walked in the fields for his recreation) suddenly taken with a lask or looseness, and thereupon compelled to retire to the next ditch […].

   • 1653, Nicholas Culpeper, The English Physician, Folio Society 2007, p. 150:

     The emulsion or decoction of the seed stays lasks and continual fluxes, eases the colic, and allays the troublesome humours in the bowels […].

Anagrams

• Salk, alks

Livonian

Alternative forms

• (Courland) laskõ

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *laskedak.

Verb

lask

1. let

English

Interjection

lauk

1. (Britain, dialectal, obsolete) Alternative form of lawks
   • 1861, H.B. Ashmead, Mother Goose's Chimes, Rhymes & Melodies., Philadelphia (1861), page 77:

     Lauk a mercy on me....

Anagrams

• Kalu, Kula, Luka, kula

Basque

Adjective

lauk

1. ergative indefinite of lau

Noun

lauk

1. ergative indefinite of lau

Numeral

lauk

1. ergative indefinite of lau

Brunei Malay

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lauk/, /lok/
• Hyphenation: la?uk

Noun

lauk

1. fish (vertebrate animal)
2. side dish in a rice-based meal

Synonyms

• (fish): ikan
• (side dish): gulai

Estonian

Etymology

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

Noun

lauk (genitive laugu, partitive lauku)

1. allium (type of plant including onion and garlic)

Inflection

Derived terms

• küüslauk

Icelandic

Noun

lauk

1. indefinite accusative singular of laukur
2. indefinite dative singular of laukur

Verb

lauk

1. first-person singular past indicative of ljúka
2. third-person singular past indicative of ljúka

Latvian

Noun

lauk m

1. vocative singular form of lauks

Lithuanian

Verb

lauk

1. second-person singular imperative of laukti

Ludian

Etymology

Akin to Finnish laukka.

Noun

lauk

1. leek
2. onion

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• løk

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lø?k/ (example of pronunciation)

Noun

lauk m (definite singular lauken, indefinite plural laukar, definite plural laukane)

1. plants of the genus Allium, garlic

Derived terms

References

• “lauk” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polabian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *luk?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lau?k/

Noun

lauk m

1. garlic

Sundanese

Romanization

lauk

1. Romanization of ????

Veps

Etymology

Borrowing from Russian ????? (lavka).

Noun

lauk

1. shop