valks

valks

1. plural of valk

Related to the verbs vilkt (“to pull, draw, drag”) and valkāt (“to wear”), all from Proto-Baltic *wilk-, from Proto-Indo-European *welk- (“to pull, draw, drag”).[1]

valks

1. (rare) something for everyday, not special (esp. clothes)

   manas valka drēbes varēsi paņemt ― my everyday clothes you can take

By itself, valks is rather rare; derived nouns such as pārvalks (“cover, case”) or uzvalks (“suit”) are much more frequent.

• pārvalks
• uzvalks

From Proto-Indo-European *welk- (“to pull, draw, drag”), here probably influenced by Proto-Indo-European *welg- (“humid, wet”); see Latvian valgs (“moist, humid, damp”).[2]

• IPA^(key): [vâlks]

valks

1. (dialectal) creek, brook, small water stream

   viņa aizstaigā līdz valkam ― she walked to the stream

   viņas gāja pāri valkam pa iztrupējušu tiltiņu ― they went over the brook on a little rotten bridge

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