gauk

gauk

Lithuanian

Verb

gauk

1. second-person singular imperative of gauti

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Middle English

Noun

gauk

1. Alternative form of goke

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Norwegian Nynorsk

FWOTD – 13 August 2018

Etymology

From Old Norse gaukr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡæʉk/

Noun

gauk m (definite singular gauken, indefinite plural gaukar, definite plural gaukane)

1. a cuckoo, Cuculus canorus
   • 1860, Aasmund Olavsson Vinje, "Vaaren":

     Enno ei Gong den Velsignad eg fekk, at Gauken eg høyrde; […]

     Once again I was granted the blessing to hear the cuckoo; […]

2. one who sells liquor illegally
   • 1952, Norsk sætertradisjon, Vol. 47, page 560

     Borti haugana låg det gjerne nok av gauker, tøllegauka kalla me dei, for dei heldt gjerne til under ei stor fure.

     Over in the hills one could often find unlicensed sellers of liquor. We called them pine traders, as they were often found underneath a large pine tree.

See also

• gjøk (Bokmål)

References

• “gauk” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Westrobothnian

Etymology

From Old Norse gaukr, from Proto-Germanic *gaukaz, akin to Old English ġēac, Old High German gouh.

Pronunciation 1

• IPA^(key): /ɡæʉk/ (example of pronunciation)

  Rhymes: -ɞ́ɵ̯ːk

Noun

gauk m

1. a cuckoo, Cuculus canorus

Alternative forms

• göuk
• gäuk

Synonyms

• gokk
• guku

Pronunciation 2

• IPA^(key): /²ɡæʉk/ (example of pronunciation)

  Rhymes: -ɞ̀ɵ̯ːk

Verb

gauk (preterite gok or gaukkä, supine gokkä or gaukkä)

1. (intransitive) To crow; said of the cuckoo and hens rooster.

   Gauken gaukkä

   the cuckoo cuckooed

2. (intransitive) To sing, shout, talk constantly all the time.

   Han gaukä hele väjen han for

   He sang and shouted all the way he traveled

3. (intransitive) To mimic the cuckoo.

Alternative forms

• gokk
• geuk