From Germanic roots meaning "play". In the biology sense, it comes specifically fromSwedishlek(“child's play”), by means ofSwedishleka(“to play”). The verb is first attested in English in 1871 and the noun at least as early as 1867.
Each of the three displaying cocks occupies a small territory at the mating center of thelek.
1997, John Kricher,A Neotropical Companion,→ISBN,page278:
Given that a combination of factors have "released" males from attending nests, why have some species organized their courtship bouts inleks, especially the tightly clumpedleks that are typical of manakins and cocks-of-the-rock?
2007, Kentwood D. Wells,The Ecology and Behavior of Amphibians,page352:
Nevertheless, it does appear that many of the processes of mate choice and sexual selection described for bird and mammalleks also apply to anuran choruses.
Males in manylekking species have conspicuous morphological ornaments that may be targets of female choice, but male contest competition may also be involved.
2000, George Barlow,The Cichlid Fishes: Nature's Grand Experiment In Evolution,page79:
The second reasonlekking is so fascinating is because the males aggregate.
2010, Boaz Yuval, Jorge Hendrichs17: Behavior of Fruit Fly in the Genus Ceratitis (Dacinae: Ceratitidini), Martin Aluja, Allen Norrbom (editors),Fruit Flies (Tephritidae): Phylogeny and Evolution of Behavior,page 437,
In a recent study (Yuval et al. 1998), the size and weight of males captured eitherlekking or resting at the same time in the vicinity of leks were measured.
2010, Robert Michael Pyle,Mariposa Road: The First Butterfly Big Year,unnumbered page:
Half a dozen of the thumbnail-size maleslekked in a sunny glade.
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The Yorkshire dialect word is rarely written and is pronounced differently in the different Ridings of Yorkshire. Comparelaik,layk.
1992, Mario I. Bléjer,Albania: From Isolation Toward Reform,page56:
With the loss of control by the Government over foreign exchange surrender requirements and the almost complete depletion of foreign exchange reserves, in early 1992 the official rate was further devalued toleks 50 = $1.
1997, Igor Artimiev, Gary J. Fine,Country Studies: Albania, Ira W. Lieberman, Stilpon S. Nestor, Raj M. Desai,Between State and Market: Mass Privatization in Transition Economies,page 178,
Enterprise shares are sold at voucher auctions in exchange for either immaterial privatizationleks (through a bank transfer from the bidder's privatizationlek account) or through privatization vouchers, which are submitted at the time of bidding.
2003, Iraj Hoshi, Ewa Balcerowicz, Leszek Balcerowicz,Barriers to Entry and Growth of New Firms in Early Transition,page253:
Value Added Tax is another tax imposed on all enterprises with a yearly turnover of more than 2 millionLeks. VAT was introduced in the Albanian tax system in 1995 replacing the old turnover tax.
Dieterman, Julia; McCarty, James Michael, Jr.; Castañón López, Victoriano; Castañón Eugenio, María Dolores (2018),Breve diccionario del mixe del Istmo: Mogoñé Viejo, Oaxaca (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”;52)[1] (in Spanish),Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page37
2024, Sabrina Michaelly Alves dos Santos Oliveira, chapter I, inComportamento de lek do tangará-príncipe (Chiroxiphia pareola Linnaeus, 1766) [Lek behavior of the blue-backed manakin],Areia, Paraíba: UFPB/CCA, INTRODUÇÃO (section 1.5),page15:
A evolução dosleks está centrada em estratégias que maximizam o sucesso reprodutivo das fêmeas facilitando o acesso e a comparação entre machos[…]
Lek evolution is centered in strategies that maximize female reproductive success, facilitating their access to and comparation between males.
Mosel, Ulrike (1980),Tolai and Tok Pisin: the influence of the substratum on the development of New Guinea Pidgin (Pacific Linguistics; Series B, no. 73)[2], Canberra: Australian National University,→ISBN
^Petar Skok, Etimologijski rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika, Z., 1971, v. 2, p. 296:Obično se uzimlje da je praslavenska riječ posuđena iz gotske radne imenice lekeis
(uncountable) (child's)play; typically denotes pleasurable and less rule-bound games and activities – "play" more in the sense of "engage in play" than "play a game"
De iakttog barnenslek
They watched the children'splay(ing)
(countable) a particular game or activity (associated with child's play)
Ska vi leka enlek? Vi kan låtsas vara björnar.
Want to play agame? (Or, "Want to engage in a type of play?") We can pretend to be bears.
agame,playing (more generally, sometimes with relaxed or nonchalant connotations)
enlek med döden
playing with death ("aplay(ing) with death")
vindenslek med löven
the wind playing with the leaves ("the wind'splay(ing) with the leaves")
1989,Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea,Jenesis3:15:
Na bai mi mekim yu i stap birua bilong meri, na meri i stap birua bilong yu. Na bai mi mekim ol lain bilong yu i birua long lain bilong meri. Bai ol i krungutim het bilong yu, na bai yu kaikaimlek bilong ol.”
Mosel, Ulrike (1980),Tolai and Tok Pisin: the influence of the substratum on the development of New Guinea Pidgin (Pacific Linguistics; Series B, no. 73)[3], Canberra: Australian National University,→ISBN
leku on the Albanian Wikipedia.Wikipediasq
