łukas

See also: lukas, Lukas, Lukáš, and Lúkas

Sudovian

Etymology

From Proto-Baltic *tlāk-, from Proto-Indo-European *tel-k, *tl-ek. Compare Lithuanian lokỹs, Latvian lâcis, Old Prussian clokis.[1][2]

Noun

łukaſ

  1. (zoology) bear
    • 1985 [1984], Pogańske gwary z Narewu [Pagan dialects from Narew], sourced from copy by V. Zinow, line 24:
      niedzwedz [niedźwiedź] — łukaſ
      bear

References

  1. ^ Zigmas Zinkevičius (1985), “Lenkų-jotvingių žodynėlis? [A Polish-Yotvingian dictionary?]”, in Baltistica, volume 21, number 1 (in Lithuanian), Vilnius: VU, →DOI, page 75: “łukaſ ‘lokys, l. niedzwedz’ 24.”
  2. ^ “lokỹs” in Hock et al., Altlitauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch 2.0 (online, 2020–): “nar. sm. łukaſ Bär”.
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