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Meanings

every sense kept, sourced — never invented
1n.

birdlexitron

2n.

fowllexitron

3n.

birdwiktionary

4n.

lockwiktionary

5v.

to be ignored or refused by a person(slang)wiktionary

6v.

to miss; to fail to succeed in something(slang)wiktionary

In the readings

real sentences, spoken by real voices

Built from

From Proto-Tai *C̬.nokᴰ (“bird”). Cognate with Northern Thai ᨶᩫ᩠ᨠ (nok), Lao ນົກ (nok), Tai Dam ꪶꪙꪀ, Lü ᦷᦓᧅ (nok), Shan ၼူၵ်ႉ (nṵ̂uk), Ahom 𑜃𑜤𑜀𑜫 (nuk), Bouyei rog, Nong Zhuang noag, Zhuang roeg, Saek น็อก. Compare Proto-Be *nukᴰ² (“bird”), Proto-Austronesian *manuk (“bird; chicken”), Proto-Hmong-Mien *m-nɔk (“bird”). The "lock of a firearm" sense is likely a semantic extension of the "bird" sense, due to its resemblance to a bird's mouth. For a semantic parallel in an unrelated language, compare English cock.