roek

See also: rök

Dutch

Pronunciation
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  • Rhymes: -uk

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch roec, from Old Dutch *ruok, from Proto-Germanic *hrōkaz.

Noun

roek m (plural roeken, diminutive roekje n)

  1. rook (bird)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

roek

  1. first-person singular present indicative of roeken
  2. imperative of roeken

Anagrams

Zhuang
Zhuang cardinal numbers
 <  5 6 7  > 
    Cardinal : roek

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *krokᴰ (“six”), from Old Chinese 六 (OC *ruɡ, “six”).[1] Cognate with Thai หก (hòk), Northern Thai ᩉᩫ᩠ᨠ, Lao ຫົກ (hok), Lü ᦷᦠᧅ (ḣok), Tai Dam ꪶꪬ꪿ꪀ, Shan ႁူၵ်း (húuk), Tai Nüa ᥞᥨᥐᥱ (hok3), Ahom 𑜍𑜤𑜀𑜫 (ruk).

Pronunciation

Numeral

roek (old orthography rɵk)

  1. six

References
  1. Pittayaporn, Pittayawat (2014), “Layers of Chinese Loanwords in Proto-Southwestern Tai as Evidence for the Dating of the Spread of Southwestern Tai”, in MANUSYA: Journal of Humanities, volume 20 (special issue), Bangkok: Chulalongkorn University, ISSN 0859-9920, pages 47–68.
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