kurk

See also: kürk

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch kurk, from Spanish corcho, ultimately from Latin cortex.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kœrk/
  • Audio(file)

Noun

kurk (plural kurke)

  1. cork

Dutch

Etymology

From Spanish corcho, ultimately from Latin cortex. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kʏrk/
  • audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: kurk
  • Rhymes: -ʏrk

Noun

kurk n (plural kurken, diminutive kurkje n)

  1. cork (material)

Noun

kurk m (plural kurken, diminutive kurkje n)

  1. cork (stop of a bottle)

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Afrikaans: kurk
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: korku
  • Negerhollands: koruk
  • → Aukan: koluku
  • → Caribbean Hindustani: korku
  • → Japanese: コルク
  • → Papiamentu: kòrki, kurki

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Estonian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *kurkku, from Proto-Germanic *kwerkō. Cognates include Finnish kurkku.

Noun

kurk (genitive kurgu, partitive kurku)

  1. throat
Inflection
Declension of kurk (type riik)
singular plural
nominative kurk kurgud
genitive kurgu kurkude
partitive kurku kurke / kurkusid
illative kurku / kurgusse kurkudesse / kurgesse
inessive kurgus kurkudes / kurges
elative kurgust kurkudest / kurgest
allative kurgule kurkudele / kurgele
adessive kurgul kurkudel / kurgel
ablative kurgult kurkudelt / kurgelt
translative kurguks kurkudeks / kurgeks
terminative kurguni kurkudeni
essive kurguna kurkudena
abessive kurguta kurkudeta
comitative kurguga kurkudega

Etymology 2

From German Gurke.

Noun

kurk (genitive kurgi, partitive kurki)

  1. cucumber
Inflection
Declension of kurk (type riik)
singular plural
nominative kurk kurgid
genitive kurgi kurkide
partitive kurki kurke / kurkisid
illative kurki / kurgisse kurkidesse / kurgesse
inessive kurgis kurkides / kurges
elative kurgist kurkidest / kurgest
allative kurgile kurkidele / kurgele
adessive kurgil kurkidel / kurgel
ablative kurgilt kurkidelt / kurgelt
translative kurgiks kurkideks / kurgeks
terminative kurgini kurkideni
essive kurgina kurkidena
abessive kurgita kurkideta
comitative kurgiga kurkidega

Livonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kurkku.

Noun

kurk

  1. throat

Ludian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kurkku.

Noun

kurk

  1. throat

Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kurkku.

Noun

kurk

  1. throat
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