Icelandic

Verb

auka ‎(strong verb, third-person singular past indicative jók, third-person plural past indicative juku, supine aukið)

1. (transitive, governs the accusative) to increase, to augment

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

• auka við
• auka í
• aukast

Related terms

• auka-

Etymology 2

Noun

auka

1. indefinite accusative singular of auki
2. indefinite dative singular of auki
3. indefinite genitive singular of auki
4. indefinite accusative plural of auki
5. indefinite genitive plural of auki

Latgalian

Noun

auka

1. storm

Latvian

Etymology

From Proto-Baltic *auk-, from Proto-Indo-European stem *ewk-, *owk-, *ūk-, from an onomatopoeic * ew, *ow with an extra k (common in derivations of onomatopoeic words; cf. Russian у ‎(u) “uh!” and the derived verb укать ‎(ukát′)). Cognates include Lithuanian áukterti ‎(“to howl”), Old Prussian aukis ‎(“vulture”) (probably from “noisy, screeming bird,” maybe from “storm bird”), Russian аукать ‎(aúkat′, “to howl”), Gothic 𐌰𐌿𐌷𐌾𐍉𐌽 ‎(auhjōn, “to make noise”).^[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [āwka]

Noun

auka f (4th declension)

1. gale (strong wind that does not reach the level of a storm; also figuratively)

   auka plosās‎ ― the gale is raging

   rudens aukas‎ ― autumn gales

   cīņu aukas‎ ― the gales of struggle

   atvairīdams aukas brāzienus, iegaudojas mežs‎ ― the forest is howling, repelling the gale blows

Declension

References

1. ↑ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “auka”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, ISBN 9984-700-12-7

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• auke

Etymology

From Old Norse auka, from Proto-Germanic *aukaną.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

auka ‎(present tense aukar, past tense auka, past participle auka, passive infinitive aukast, present participle aukande, imperative auka/auk)

1. (transitive) increase

   Det ville verta streik om ikkje leiinga ikkje auka løna.

   There would be a strike if the leadership did not increase the salary.

2. (intransitive) increase

   Underskotet til verksemda hadde auka dei siste åra.

   The deficit of the company had increased in the most recent years.

References

• “auka” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.