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noun
A low-slung boatlike sled, used for man-hauling supplies across snow and ice.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: toboggan
Antonyms: none provided
Narrower terms: akja
noun
A pond or puddle; a small pool (especially of standing water)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: East-Anglia
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
From Nordic languages: Norwegian pulk; Swedish pulka, Finnish pulkka, from Sami pul’hkē (compare Northern Sami bulki), from Proto-Samic *pulkkē.
Inherited from Middle English polk, from pol (“pool”) + -ok (“-ock”, thus equivalent to pool + -ock), with shortening of /oː/ before /lk/.
Across languages
12 source translations are retained for this English entry.
