different between louk vs souk
louk
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)
- (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)
- Alternative form of lock
Etymology 3
From Middle English louk, louke, loke, of uncertain origin.
Alternative forms
- lowk
Noun
louk (plural louks)
- (obsolete) An accomplice; partner; comrade.
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?lou?k]
Noun
louk
- genitive plural of louka
Livonian
Etymology
Borrowing from Latvian lauks.
Noun
louk
- field
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souk
English
Etymology
Via French, from Arabic ????? (s?q, “market”)
Noun
souk (plural souks)
- Alternative spelling of souq
Anagrams
- Kuos
French
Etymology
From Arabic ????? (s?q, “market”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /suk/
Noun
souk m (plural souks)
- souq (Arabic market)
- (figuratively, colloquial) mess, chaos
Further reading
- “souk” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Portuguese
Noun
souk m (plural souks)
- Alternative form of souq
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