pulk

See also: pułk and Pulk

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Nordic languages: Norwegian pulk; Swedish pulka, Finnish pulkka, from Sami pul’hkē (compare Northern Sami bulki), from Proto-Samic *pulkkē.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pʌlk/, /pʊlk/, /pulk/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ʌlk

Noun

pulk (plural pulks)

  1. A low-slung boatlike sled, used for man-hauling supplies across snow and ice.
    Synonym: (some extent) toboggan
    Hyponym: akja

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Finnish pulkka, from a Sami language, from Proto-Samic *pulkkē.

Noun

pulk m (definite singular pulken, indefinite plural pulker, definite plural pulkene)

  1. a toboggan, pulk

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Finnish pulkka, from a Sami language, from Proto-Samic *pulkkē.

Noun

pulk m (definite singular pulken, indefinite plural pulkar, definite plural pulkane)

  1. a toboggan, pulk
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