dak
Translingual
[edit]Symbol
[edit]dak
English
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Borrowed from Hindustani डाक / ڈاک (ḍāk).
Alternative forms
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]dak (plural daks)
- (South Asia) A post system by means of transport relays of horses stationed at intervals along a route or network, carrying mail and passengers.
- 1886 November 23, Rudyard Kipling, “The Arrest of Lieutenant Golightly”, in Plain Tales from the Hills, Calcutta: Thacker, Spink and Co.; London: W. Thacker & Co., published 1888, →OCLC, pages 117–118:
- He prided himself on looking neat even when he was riding dâks.
- (South Asia) A dak bungalow.
- 1936, F.J. Thwaites, chapter XV, in The Redemption, Sydney: H. John Edwards, published 1940, page 161:
- Gaining the dak, they were joined on the veranda by four tight-lipped men.
Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Back-formation from daks.[1]
Alternative forms
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]dak (third-person singular simple present daks, present participle dakking, simple past and past participle dakked)
- (Australia, informal) To suddenly pull down someone's pants as a prank; to pants.
- 1995, Simon Petrie, Pointy-Enders, page 172:
- 'That Phillip (names another child) “dakked” Trevor.' 'But I've already spoken with Brendan and with Phillip, and they say that it was you who “dakked” Trevor.' 'No. He did it to me first, ay?' 'First? You mean he “dakked” you before you “dakked” him?'
References
[edit]- ^ James Lambert The Macquarie Australian Slang Dictionary (Sydney: Macquarie Library) 2004.
Anagrams
[edit]Afrikaans
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Dutch dak, from Old Dutch *thak, from Proto-Germanic *þaką, from Proto-Indo-European *teg-.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]dak (plural dakke, diminutive dakkie)
Albanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Albanian *dauka, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰew-, further related to Lithuanian dvékti (“to breathe”), dvākas (“breath”). Related to dash.[1]
Noun
[edit]dak m (plural daqe, definite daku, definite plural daqet)
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “dak”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 54
Central Nicobarese
[edit]Noun
[edit]dak
References
[edit]- Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society (2002), page 80: In Car-Nicobarese mak. Central Nic. dak, Chowra rak, 'water', […]
- Heinz-Jürgen Pinnow, The Position of the Munda Languages within the Austroasiatic Language Family (1963), page 149: Nancowry daak
Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Dutch dac, from Old Dutch thak, from Proto-West Germanic *þak, from Proto-Germanic *þaką, from Proto-Indo-European *teg-.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]dak n (plural daken, diminutive dakje n or daakje n)
Derived terms
[edit]- afdak
- autodak
- bladerdak
- dakbedekker
- dakconcert
- dakdeel
- dakdekker
- dakgoot
- dakhaas
- dakisolatie
- dakkapel
- dakkoffer
- daklat
- daklekkage
- dakloof
- daklook
- dakloos
- dakloze
- dakpan
- dakraam
- dakrand
- dakriet
- dakspar
- dakterras
- daktuin
- dakwerker
- grasdak
- groen dak
- koepeldak
- lessenaarsdak
- mosdak
- pannendak
- panoramadak
- piramidedak
- puntdak
- rokersafdak
- schaliedak
- schedeldak
- schooldak
- schuifdak
- sedumdak
- strodak
- tentdak
- vegetatiedak
- zaagtanddak
- zadeldak
- zonnedak
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Afrikaans: dak
- Negerhollands: dak
- → Caribbean Hindustani: dák
- → Caribbean Javanese: dag
- → Indonesian: dak
- → Papiamentu: dak
- → Sranan Tongo: daki
Eastern Mnong
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Bahnaric /*ɗaːk/, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *ɗaak.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]dak
Derived terms
[edit]Indonesian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Dutch dak (“roof”), from Middle Dutch dac, from Old Dutch thak, from Proto-Germanic *þaką, from Proto-Indo-European *teg-.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]dak (first-person possessive dakku, second-person possessive dakmu, third-person possessive daknya)
- (engineering) roof, the top external level of a building.
Further reading
[edit]- “dak” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Kashubian
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Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from German Low German Dack.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]dak m inan (diminutive daczk or dakùszk or daczuszk, related adjective dakòwi)
Declension
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Stefan Ramułt (1893) “dak”, in Słownik języka pomorskiego czyli kaszubskiego (in Kashubian), page 23
- Sychta, Bernard (1967) “dak”, in Słownik gwar kaszubskich [Dictionary of Kashubian dialects] (in Polish), volumes 1 (A – Ǵ), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 185
- Jan Trepczyk (1994) “dach”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2
- Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi[1]
- “dak”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022
Kharia
[edit]Etymology
[edit]For Munda cognates, see Mundari दाः (dāḥ).
Noun
[edit]dak
References
[edit]- Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society (2002), page 80
Korwa
[edit]Etymology
[edit]For Munda cognates, see Mundari दाः (dāḥ).
Noun
[edit]dak
References
[edit]- Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society (2002), page 80
Malay
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Cognate with tidak, tak, from Proto-Malayic *daʔ (compare Indonesian tidak), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *diaq.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]dak
Maltese
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Determiner
[edit]dak (feminine dik, plural dawk)
Marshallese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from English duck, from Middle English doke, ducke, dukke, dokke, douke, duke, from Old English duce, dūce (“duck”, literally “dipper, diver, ducker”), from Old English *dūcan (“to dip, dive, duck”), from Proto-Germanic *dūkaną (“to dive, bend down”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]dak
- a duck
References
[edit]Semai
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Aslian [Term?], from Proto-Mon-Khmer *ɗak (“trap; to trap”).
Noun
[edit]dak [1]
References
[edit]- ^ Basrim bin Ngah Aching (2008) Kamus Engròq Semay – Engròq Malaysia, Kamus Bahasa Semai – Bahasa Malaysia, Bangi: Institut Alam dan Tamadun Melayu, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
Semelai
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Aslian [Term?], from Proto-Mon-Khmer *ɗaak (“water, liquid”).
Noun
[edit]dak
References
[edit]- Nicole Kruspe, A Grammar of Semelai (2004)
Wutunhua
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Tibetan སྟག (stag).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]dak
References
[edit]- Translingual lemmas
- Translingual symbols
- ISO 639-2
- ISO 639-3
- English terms derived from Ashokan Prakrit
- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-Aryan
- English terms borrowed from Hindustani languages
- English terms derived from Hindustani languages
- English 1-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:English/ɑːk
- Rhymes:English/ɑːk/1 syllable
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- South Asian English
- English terms with quotations
- English back-formations
- English verbs
- Australian English
- English informal terms
- Afrikaans terms inherited from Dutch
- Afrikaans terms derived from Dutch
- Afrikaans terms inherited from Old Dutch
- Afrikaans terms derived from Old Dutch
- Afrikaans terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Afrikaans terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Afrikaans terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Afrikaans terms with IPA pronunciation
- Afrikaans terms with audio links
- Afrikaans lemmas
- Afrikaans nouns
- Albanian terms inherited from Proto-Albanian
- Albanian terms derived from Proto-Albanian
- Albanian terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Albanian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Albanian lemmas
- Albanian nouns
- Albanian masculine nouns
- sq:Sheep
- sq:Male animals
- sq:Mammals
- sq:Animals
- sq:Caprines
- sq:Zoology
- Central Nicobarese lemmas
- Central Nicobarese nouns
- Dutch terms inherited from Middle Dutch
- Dutch terms derived from Middle Dutch
- Dutch terms inherited from Old Dutch
- Dutch terms derived from Old Dutch
- Dutch terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- Dutch terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Dutch terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Dutch terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Dutch terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation
- Dutch terms with audio links
- Rhymes:Dutch/ɑk
- Rhymes:Dutch/ɑk/1 syllable
- Dutch lemmas
- Dutch nouns
- Dutch nouns with plural in -en
- Dutch nouns with lengthened vowel in the plural
- Dutch neuter nouns
- Eastern Mnong terms inherited from Proto-Mon-Khmer
- Eastern Mnong terms derived from Proto-Mon-Khmer
- Eastern Mnong terms with IPA pronunciation
- Eastern Mnong lemmas
- Eastern Mnong nouns
- mng:Landforms
- mng:Water
- Indonesian terms borrowed from Dutch
- Indonesian terms derived from Dutch
- Indonesian terms derived from Middle Dutch
- Indonesian terms derived from Old Dutch
- Indonesian terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Indonesian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Indonesian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Indonesian lemmas
- Indonesian nouns
- id:Engineering
- Kashubian terms borrowed from German Low German
- Kashubian terms derived from German Low German
- Kashubian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Kashubian/ak
- Rhymes:Kashubian/ak/1 syllable
- Kashubian lemmas
- Kashubian nouns
- Kashubian masculine nouns
- Kashubian inanimate nouns
- Kharia lemmas
- Kharia nouns
- Korwa lemmas
- Korwa nouns
- Malay terms inherited from Proto-Malayic
- Malay terms derived from Proto-Malayic
- Malay terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Malay terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Malay 1-syllable words
- Malay terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Malay/daʔ
- Rhymes:Malay/aʔ
- Malay lemmas
- Malay adverbs
- Malay informal terms
- Maltese terms inherited from Arabic
- Maltese terms derived from Arabic
- Maltese lemmas
- Maltese determiners
- Marshallese terms borrowed from English
- Marshallese terms derived from English
- Marshallese terms derived from Middle English
- Marshallese terms derived from Old English
- Marshallese terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Marshallese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Marshallese lemmas
- Marshallese nouns
- mh:Ducks
- mh:Poultry
- Semai terms inherited from Proto-Aslian
- Semai terms derived from Proto-Aslian
- Semai terms inherited from Proto-Mon-Khmer
- Semai terms derived from Proto-Mon-Khmer
- Semai lemmas
- Semai nouns
- Semelai terms inherited from Proto-Aslian
- Semelai terms derived from Proto-Aslian
- Semelai terms inherited from Proto-Mon-Khmer
- Semelai terms derived from Proto-Mon-Khmer
- Semelai lemmas
- Semelai nouns
- Wutunhua terms borrowed from Tibetan
- Wutunhua terms derived from Tibetan
- Wutunhua terms with IPA pronunciation
- Wutunhua lemmas
- Wutunhua nouns
- wuh:Animals