łukas

See also: lukas, Lukas, Lukáš, and Lúkas

Sudovian

Etymology

From Proto-Baltic [Term?], from Proto-Indo-European [Term?]. Compare Lithuanian lokỹs, Latvian lâcis, Old Prussian clokis.[1][2]

Noun

łukaſ

  1. (zoology) bear
    • “Pagan dialects from Narew” line 24, (copied by V. Zinov, 1983):
      niedzwedz [niedźwiedź] — łukaſ
      niedzwedz [niedźwiedź] — bear

References
  1. Zigmas Zinkevičius (1985) “Lenkų-jotvingių žodynėlis? [A Polish-Yotvingian dictionary?]”, in Baltistica, volume 21, number 1 (in Lithuanian), page 75: “łukaſ ‘lokys, l. niedzwedz’ 24.”
  2. “lokỹs” in Hock et al., Altlitauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch 2.0 (online, 2020–): “nar. sm. łukaſ Bär”.
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