auka

• IPA^(key): /ˈøyːka/

  Rhymes: -øyːka

From Old Norse auka, from Proto-Germanic *aukaną. Akin to English eke, Danish øge, Gothic 𐌰𐌿𐌺𐌰𐌽 (aukan), Latin augeō, Latvian augt.

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

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

• auka við
• auka í
• aukast

• auka-

auka

1. inflection of auki:
   1. indefinite accusative/dative/genitive singular
   2. indefinite accusative/genitive plural

auka

1. storm

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 (ukatʹ)). Cognates include Lithuanian áukterti (“to howl”), Old Prussian aukis (“vulture”) (probably from “noisy, screeming bird,” maybe from “storm bird”), Russian аукать (aukatʹ, “to howl”), Gothic 𐌰𐌿𐌷𐌾𐍉𐌽 (auhjōn, “to make noise”).^[1]

• IPA^(key): [āwka]

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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

Per Girdenis, probably from an unattested Proto-Baltic *au̯ikā́ (“sheep”), with syncope of the *-i-, from a diminutive of Proto-Balto-Slavic *áwis (“sheep”), and exact cognate with Proto-Slavic *ovьcà (“sheep”), Sanskrit अविका (avikā́, “ewe”). The word experienced semantic shift from "sheep" > "sacrificial sheep" > "sacrifice". This derivation is favored by Derksen.

Older theories consider the word a neologism, derived ultimately from al̃kas (“(holy) grove on a hill; idol”), created by the writer Simonas Daukantas, from a phonetic reinterpretation of the phrase al̃ko kálnas (“sacred hill”) as aũka kálns. Derksen acknowledges the possibility of the derivation from al̃kas; however, he notes that aukà is attested in texts that predate Daukantas, in addition to Girdenis's theory accounting for the fate of the Baltic cognate of Proto-Slavic *ovьcà, which is otherwise unexplained.^[1]

• (aukà) IPA^(key): /auˑˈka/

aukà f (plural aũkos) stress pattern 4^[2]

1. sacrifice^[2][3]
2. offering^[2]
3. devotion^[2]
4. victim^[2][3]

   (katastrofos) aukų gedėti - to mourn for victims (of a catastrophe)

(Verbs)

• aukóti

• auket
• aukte (simple past only)
• aukt (past participle only)

auka

1. inflection of auke:
   1. simple past
   2. past participle

• auke

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

• IPA^(key): /²œʊːka/

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.

• “auka” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Proto-Germanic *aukaną. Cognate with Latin augēo (“I augment”).

auka (singular past indicative jók, plural past indicative jóku or juku, past participle aukinn)

1. to augment, increase
2. (poetic) to impregnate
   • Völundarkviða, verse 36, l. 3-4

     […] nú gengr Böðvildr / barni aukin,
     eingadóttir / ykkur beggja.

     […] now Bödvildr walks / pregnant with a child,
     the only daughter / of you two.

3. (with dative) to add
4. to surpass, exceed

   þat er eykr sex aura, þá á konungr hálft þat er eykr

   if it exceeds six ounces, the king takes half the rest

The verb can also take on the weak class 2 conjugation.

• Icelandic: auka
• Faroese: eyka
• Norwegian Nynorsk: auka
  • → Norwegian Bokmål: auke
• Old Swedish: ø̄ka
  • Swedish: öka
• Old Danish: økæ
  • Danish: øge
    • Norwegian Bokmål: øke
    • → Faroese: økja
  • Scanian: øga
• Old Gutnish: auka
  • Gutnish: aukä

• auka in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.

auka

1. hello