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loks

Pronunciation: [lùɔ̯ks]

“loks” is a Latvian word. Its 8 meanings in English:

noun

  1. arc (continuous part of a circle or curve)
  2. arch, rim, cycle, circle (object, structure, configuration, etc. with the shape of part or the whole of a circle)
  3. bow (hand weapon for throwing arrows)
  4. shaft bow (part of the traditional horse harness used in the Baltic countries, consisting of a wooden bow that arches over the horse's back, keeping the shafts away from the horse's sides)
  5. arch (a path, movement, or direction similar to part or the whole of a circle)
  6. circle (a specific group of people)
  7. range, domain, circle

adjective

  1. flexible; alternative form of lokans

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *lankás, from Proto-Indo-European *lenk- (“to bend”). From the same stem as the Latvian verb liekt (“to bend, to flex”) (q.v.), but with the vowel changed as in the iterative locīt (“to fold”). Cognates include Lithuanian lañkas (“shaft bow, (barrel) hoop, (road) bend, (shooting) bow, circle”).

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