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The word 'luikt'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
luiktOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus15.1494
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 13.8 3 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 537.3 41 1
LAL - General Central 5.3 4 3
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of luikt in Corpus

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West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
An jealous colleagues luikt askance, on page 31
Baith o thain luikt gey near greetin, As they lif on page 47
thon rich Athenian miser wha luikt doon his neb at whit puir fow on page 106

3 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
it, but at the time it juist luikt naitural-like); but when the on page 7
r derk tae see ocht; then she luikt at the sides o the wall, an s on page 9
tton-hole: she courit-doun an luikt alang the passage intae the b on page 11
tie-bye, feet!" (for when she luikt doun at her feet, they were g on page 15
As she said this she luikt doun at her hauns, an wis dum on page 19
Also on pages 34, 41, 42, 44
33 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
smiled an her een lit up, she luikt juist like his Jennet, an it on page 33
turned slowly tae Isabel, luikt her deep in the een an gravel on page 45
John Broun raised his heid an luikt for the last time upon his de on page 47
ued heid in baith hauns, then luikt up at Adam. 'I hadnae been he on page 60
ht o her husband nou. She had luikt him straucht in the een an cr on page 61
Also on pages 68
8 matches

General Central

Wilson, Rab Lallans 73 - No Faur Frae Babel, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
The wee fellae luikt him up an doun; on page 84

1 matches

Porter, Steve Lallans 74 - Gone Wi The Windae, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
Calum’s dwam. He blinkt and luikt awa fae the windae tae his ro
€™ Calum got a richt fleg and luikt at his wife, staunin thair pe
2 matches

Begg, James A. Lallans 74 - The Killie Fleshers - 1786, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
on the accounts. He raise an luikt oot the windae. It wis a mise
1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Niven, Liz Lallans 59 - Painting the Forth Bridge: A Search for Scottish Identity, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
ye'd pinned it doon it needit luikt at again. Mind ye, onie livin on page 84

1 matches

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