fowk
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Scots
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle English folk, from Old English folc, from Proto-West Germanic *folk, from Proto-Germanic *fulką.
Pronunciation
Noun
fowk (plural fowk or fowks)
Derived terms
- selkie fowk (“(collectively) selkie”, literally “seal folk”)
References
- “fowk” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.
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- Scots terms inherited from Old English
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- Scots terms with IPA pronunciation
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