name
Meaning 1
A surname.
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Standard Lemma guide
kolk
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CMU ARPABET: K OW1 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
An underwater vortex similar to a whirlwind, capable of dislodging, picking up, and moving boulders.
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Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences
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noun
Meaning 3
A relatively small water-filled depression, especially in a bog: a bog pond, a bog eye, a bog kolk.
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History
Etymology
From the Dutch and German surname, from Kolk (“bog, watering hole”) (see below).
Borrowed from Dutch kolk.
Borrowed from Low German Kolk, possibly via German Kolk. Cognate with Dutch kolk.