nook

Significado (Inglés)

Noun

1. A small corner formed by two walls; an alcove.
2. A hidden or secluded spot; a secluded retreat.
3. A recess, cove or hollow.
4. (historical) An English unit of land area, originally ¹⁄₄ of a yardland but later 12+¹⁄₂ or 20 acres.
5. (Northern-England, archaic) A corner of a piece of land; an angled piece of land, especially one extending into other land.
6. (vulgar) The vagina-like genitalia of a troll, featured in Homestuck fanworks but not in canon.

Verb

1. To withdraw into a nook.
2. To situate in a nook.

Conceptos

rincón

recoveco

calleja

nicho

ángulo

pasaje

txoko

Sinónimos

corner

niche

cranny

recess

out-of-the-way place

cavity

cubby

cubbyhole

shelter

angle

lane

dominate

extremes

harbor

harborage

harbour

haven

hole

🕳️

outskirts

place

quoin

rand

sinus

snuggery

solid angle

remote place

safehold

home site

alcove

quiet spot

alleyway

asylum

bay

cave

chock

concavity

cove

creek

cubicle

dent

Traducciones

coin

Winkel

Ecke

canto

recoin

angolo

γωνιά

Schlupfwinkel

Nische

cantuccio

hoekje

angle

rincão

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/nʊk/

Etimología (Inglés)

Heredado de inglés medio: noke

Cognado con escocés: neuk

Heredado de inglés antiguo: hnoc

Cognado con escocés: nok

Cognado con noruego: -

Cognado con danés: nok

Cognado con sueco: nock

Cognado con feroés: nokki

Cognado con islandés: hnokki

Cognado con neerlandés: nok

Cognado con neerlandés: hoek

Cognado con bajo alemán: Nocke

Cognado con nórdico antiguo: hnúka

Cognado con inglés antiguo: ġehnycned

In summary

From Middle English noke, nok (“nook, corner, angle”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Old English hnoc, hnocc (“hook, angle”), from Proto-Germanic *hnukkaz, *hnukkô (“a bend”), from Proto-Indo-European *knewg- (“to turn, press”), from Proto-Indo-European *ken- (“to pinch, press, bend”).
If so, then also related to Scots nok (“small hook”), Norwegian dialectal nok, nokke (“hook, angle, bent object”), Danish nok (“hook”), Swedish nock (“ridge”), Faroese nokki (“crook”), Icelandic hnokki (“hook”), Dutch nok (“ridge”) or Dutch hoek (“corner”), Low German Nocke (“tip”), Old Norse hnúka (“to bend, crouch”), Old English ġehnycned (“drawn, pinched, wrinkled”). Also cognate with Scots neuk, nuk (“corner, angle of a square, angular object”).