"pulk" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /pʌlk/, /pʊlk/, /pulk/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-pulk.wav Forms: pulks [plural], pulka [alternative], pulkha [alternative]
Rhymes: -ʌlk Etymology: From Nordic languages: Norwegian pulk; Swedish pulka, Finnish pulkka, from Sami pul’hkē (compare Northern Sami bulki), from Proto-Samic *pulkkē. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|no|pulk}} Norwegian pulk, {{uder|en|sv|pulka}} Swedish pulka, {{uder|en|fi|pulkka}} Finnish pulkka, {{uder|en|smi}} Sami, {{cog|se|bulki}} Northern Sami bulki, {{uder|en|smi-pro|*pulkkē}} Proto-Samic *pulkkē Head templates: {{en-noun}} pulk (plural pulks)
  1. A low-slung boatlike sled, used for man-hauling supplies across snow and ice. Synonyms: toboggan Hyponyms: akja Translations (low-slung boatlike sled): pulk (Danish), kelk (Estonian), salvokelk (Estonian), laste kelk (Estonian), pulkka (Finnish), pulka (French), Pulka (German), pulk (Norwegian), пулка (pulka) (Russian), волокуша (volokuša) [feminine] (Russian), pulka (Swedish), пу́лка (púlka) (Ukrainian)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "word": "kelk"
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      "code": "da",
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      "word": "pulk"
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      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
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      "sense": "low-slung boatlike sled",
      "word": "kelk"
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      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "lang_code": "et",
      "sense": "low-slung boatlike sled",
      "word": "salvokelk"
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      "code": "et",
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      "lang_code": "et",
      "sense": "low-slung boatlike sled",
      "word": "laste kelk"
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      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "low-slung boatlike sled",
      "word": "pulkka"
    },
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      "sense": "low-slung boatlike sled",
      "word": "pulka"
    },
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "low-slung boatlike sled",
      "word": "Pulka"
    },
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      "lang_code": "no",
      "sense": "low-slung boatlike sled",
      "word": "pulk"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
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      "sense": "low-slung boatlike sled",
      "word": "пулка"
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      "sense": "low-slung boatlike sled",
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      "word": "волокуша"
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      "sense": "low-slung boatlike sled",
      "word": "pulka"
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      "roman": "púlka",
      "sense": "low-slung boatlike sled",
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