No. 631 in Latvian

nāk

"Comes" or "is coming."

In a sentence

Viņš nāk no skolas.
He is coming from school.
The word 'nāk' is used in its present tense to indicate the action of coming from a place.
Gaisma nāk caur logu.
The light comes through the window.
Here, 'nāk' is used to describe the subject (light) as arriving or passing through a medium (window).
Man nāk prātā interesanta ideja.
An interesting idea comes to my mind.
In this sentence, 'nāk' metaphorically represents the emergence of a thought or idea into consciousness.

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