lok

• IPA^(key): /lɔk/

From Dutch lokken, from Middle Dutch locken, from Old Dutch loccon, from Proto-Germanic *lukkōną.

lok (present lok, present participle lokkende, past participle gelok)

1. (transitive) to lure, to bait

From Dutch lok, from Middle Dutch locke.

lok (plural lokke, diminutive lokkie)

1. lock of hair

Deverbal from lokat.

• IPA^(key): [ˈlok]
• Rhymes: -ok

lok m inan

1. gulp, swallow of a liquid

• lok in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• lok in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

• IPA^(key): /lɔk/

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• Hyphenation: lok
• Rhymes: -ɔk
• Homophone: Lok

From Middle Dutch locke.

lok f (plural lokken, diminutive lokje n)

1. lock of hair

   Synonym: haarlok

2. one curl in hair of the head, confer goldilocks

   Synonym: haarlok

• goudlokje
• haarlok

• Afrikaans: lok

lok n (plural lokken, diminutive lokje n)

1. (archaic) hole

   Synonyms: gat, hol, holte

• lokerig

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

lok

1. first-person singular present indicative of lokken
2. imperative of lokken

• kol

From Old Norse lok, from Proto-Germanic *lūkaną (“to close, shut, cover”).

• IPA^(key): /lɔːk/
• Rhymes: -ɔːk

lok n (genitive singular loks, nominative plural lok)

1. lid

• augnlok

From Javanese ꦭꦸꦏ꧀ (luk), from Old Javanese eluk.

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /loʔ/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /lʊʔ/
• Rhymes: -loʔ, -oʔ

lok (Jawi spelling لوق‎)

1. crooked (having one or more bends or angles)

• “lok” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Borrowed from Sicilian locu, from Latin locus.

• IPA^(key): /lɔːk/

lok m (plural lokijiet)

1. place

   Synonyms: mkien, post

• flok

• IPA^(key): /luːk/

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• Rhymes: -uːk
• Hyphenation: lok

Short form of lokomotiv

lok n (definite singular loket, indefinite plural lok, definite plural loka or lokene)

1. a loco (short for locomotive)

• lokfører

lok

1. imperative of loke

• “lok” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

• klo, kol-

Short form of lokomotiv

• IPA^(key): /lʊkː/

lok n (definite singular loket, indefinite plural lok, definite plural loka)

1. a loco (short for locomotive)

• lokførar

From Old Norse lok.

• IPA^(key): /loːk/

lok n (definite singular loket, indefinite plural lok, definite plural loka)

1. alternative form of lokk

• augelok

• “lok” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Borrowed from German Locke, from Middle High German loc, from Old High German loc, from Proto-Germanic *lukkaz.

• IPA^(key): /lɔk/

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• Rhymes: -ɔk
• Syllabification: lok

lok m inan (diminutive loczek)

1. curl, lock

   Synonym: pukiel

• lok in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• lok in Polish dictionaries at PWN

From Proto-Slavic *lǫkъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *lankás, from Proto-Indo-European *lenk- (“to bend”).

• IPA^(key): /lóːk/

lọ̑k m inan

1. bow (weapon)

• “lok”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

lok

1. pasture

• Dinka-English Dictionary‎, 2005

Short for lokomotiv

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lok n

1. engine, loco, locomotive; The machine which pulls a train forward.

• ånglok
• diesellok
• ellok
• lokförare
• lokvissla

• KOL, klo, kol

From English lock.

lok

1. lock

lok (nominative plural loks)

1. mirror

• lokaglätik
• lokamamagod
• lokön

Compare English luck. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key): /lok/

lok n (no plural, diminutive lokje)

1. luck, fortune

   Synonym: gelok

• lokwinskje

• “lok”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011