different between louk vs loun

English

Alternative forms

• look

Etymology 1

From Middle English louken, lowken, from Old English l?can (“to pluck out, pull up”), from Proto-Germanic *l?kan?, *leukan? (“to break, pluck, pull”), from Proto-Indo-European *l??- (“to break”). Cognate with Middle Low German l?ken (“to pull, pull up”), German liechen (“to pluck”), Danish luge (“to hatch”), Latin luctor (“wrestle, fight”, verb).

Verb

louk (third-person singular simple present louks, present participle louking, simple past and past participle louked)

1. (transitive) To weed; pull up weeds.

Etymology 2

From Middle English louken, from Old English l?can (“to close, lock”), from Proto-Germanic *l?kan? (“to close, lock”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewg- (“to bend, turn”). More at lock.

Verb

louk (third-person singular simple present louks, present participle louking, simple past and past participle louked)

1. Alternative form of lock

Etymology 3

From Middle English louk, louke, loke, of uncertain origin.

Alternative forms

• lowk

Noun

louk (plural louks)

1. (obsolete) An accomplice; partner; comrade.

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?lou?k]

Noun

louk

1. genitive plural of louka

Livonian

Etymology

Borrowing from Latvian lauks.

Noun

louk

1. field

English

Etymology 1

Origin uncertain. Compare Scots lounder (“to deal heavy blows on, thrash”).

Verb

loun (third-person singular simple present louns, present participle louning, simple past and past participle louned)

1. (Britain dialectal, chiefly Northern England) To beat; thrash.

Etymology 2

From either Scots loon (“boy, lad”) or Middle Dutch loen (“fool, lout”).

Noun

loun (plural louns)

1. (Ulster) boy, youth

Anagrams

• ulno-

Luxembourgish

Verb

loun

1. second-person singular imperative of lounen