Luk

See also: luk, lúk, lük, lūk, łuk, -luk, luk-, Luk., and -lük

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Cantonese 陸／陆 (luk⁶).

Proper noun

Luk

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Luk is the 15,289^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1920 individuals. Luk is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (92.03%) individuals.

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lyk/

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Proper noun

Luk m

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Luke

Anagrams

• KUL

Marshallese

Etymology

From English Luke.

Proper noun

Luk

1. (bibilical, given name) Luke

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɫuk/
• Homophone: luk

Proper noun

Luk m pers (genitive singular Luka, nominative plural Lukovia, declension pattern of chlap)

1. a diminutive of the male given name Lukáš

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	Luk	Lukovia
genitive	Luka	Lukov
dative	Lukovi	Lukom
accusative	Luka	Lukov
locative	Lukovi	Lukoch
instrumental	Lukom	Lukmi

Declension of Luk

Further reading

• “Lukáš”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024

Walloon

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lyk/

Proper noun

Luk

1. (biblical) Luke
2. a male given name, equivalent to English Luke