alke

== Estonian == === Noun === alke partitive plural of alk == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === From Old Norse alka. === Noun === alke f or m (definite singular alka or alken, indefinite plural alker, definite plural alkene) a razorbill, Alca torda a bird of the family Alcidae, the auks === References === “alke” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /²alkə/, /²aɽkə/ === Etymology 1 === From earlier and Old Norse alka, from Proto-Germanic *alkǭ. Akin to English auk. ==== Alternative forms ==== alka (pre-2012) ålke, ælke (dialectal) ==== Noun ==== alke f (definite singular alka, indefinite plural alker, definite plural alkene) a razorbill, Alca torda a bird of the family Alcidae, the auks === Etymology 2 === Perhaps derived from Middle Low German. ==== Verb ==== alke (present tense alkar, past tense alka, past participle alka, passive infinitive alkast, present participle alkande, imperative alke/alk) e-infinitive form of alka ==== Noun ==== alke f (definite singular alka, indefinite plural alker, definite plural alkene) a dirty and messy person === Etymology 3 === Compare dialectal Swedish ulka (“to start growling”). ==== Verb ==== alke (present tense alkar, past tense alka, past participle alka, passive infinitive alkast, present participle alkande, imperative alke/alk) e-infinitive form of alka ==== Noun ==== alke f (definite singular alka, indefinite plural alker, definite plural alkene) a vexatious man === References === “alke” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. === Anagrams === elka, kale, lake, leka