Definitions and meaning of dak
dak
Translingual
Symbol
dak
- (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Dakota.
See also
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- Wiktionary’s coverage of Dakota terms
English
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Hindustani डाक / ڈاک (ḍāk).
Alternative forms
- dâk (obsolete)
- dawk (obsolete)
Pronunciation
- (India) IPA(key): /ɖɑːk/
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- Rhymes: -ɑːk
Noun
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.
- (South Asia) A dak bungalow.
- (South Asia, obsolete) A journey using the dak system.
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Back-formation from daks.
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Verb
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.
References
Anagrams
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch dak, from Old Dutch *thak, from Proto-Germanic *þaką, from Proto-Indo-European *teg-.
Pronunciation
Noun
dak (plural dakke, diminutive dakkie)
- roof
Albanian
Etymology
From Proto-Albanian *dauka, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰew-, further related to Lithuanian dvékti (“to breathe”), dvākas (“breath”). Related to dash.
Noun
dak m (plural daqe, definite daku, definite plural daqet)
- big ram
Related terms
References
Central Nicobarese
Noun
dak
- water
References
- 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
Etymology
From Middle Dutch dac, from Old Dutch thak, from Proto-West Germanic *þak, from Proto-Germanic *þaką, from Proto-Indo-European *teg-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dɑk/
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- Hyphenation: dak
- Rhymes: -ɑk
Noun
dak n (plural daken, diminutive dakje n or (rare) daakje n)
- roof
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- Afrikaans: dak
- Negerhollands: dak
- → Caribbean Hindustani: dák
- → Caribbean Javanese: dag
- → Indonesian: dak
- → Papiamentu: dak
- → Sranan Tongo: daki
Eastern Mnong
Etymology
From Proto-Bahnaric /*ɗaːk/, from Proto-Austroasiatic *ɗaːkʔ.
Pronunciation
Noun
dak
- water
- lake
Derived terms
Indonesian
Etymology 1
From Dutch dak, from Middle Dutch dac, from Old Dutch thak, from Proto-Germanic *þaką.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈdak/ [ˈdak̚]
- Rhymes: -ak
- Syllabification: dak
Noun
dak (plural dak-dak)
- roof (the top external level of a building)
- Synonym: pelat lantai
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈdaʔ/ [ˈdaʔ]
- Syllabification: dak
Adverb
dak
- (chiefly dialectal) alternative form of tidak
Further reading
- “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
Etymology
Borrowed from German Low German Dack.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdak/
- Rhymes: -ak
- Syllabification: dak
Noun
dak m inan (diminutive daczk or dakùszk or daczuszk, related adjective dakòwi)
- roof (cover at the top of a building)
- Synonym: (dialectal) dach
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
- 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
Etymology
For Munda cognates, see Mundari दाः (dāḥ).
Noun
dak
- water
References
- Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society (2002), page 80
Korwa
Etymology
For Munda cognates, see Mundari दाः (dāḥ).
Noun
dak
- water
References
- Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society (2002), page 80
Malay
Etymology
Cognate with tidak, tak, from Proto-Malayic *daʔ (compare Indonesian tidak), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *diaq.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /daʔ/
- Rhymes: -daʔ, -aʔ
Adverb
dak
- (informal) not (negates meaning of verb)
- Saya dak mahu makan.
- I don't want to eat.
- (informal) not (To no degree)
- Buku itu dak mahal.
- That book is not expensive.
Maltese
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Arabic ذَاكَ (ḏāka).
Determiner
dak (feminine dik, plural dawk)
- that
Marshallese
Etymology
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
- (phonetic) IPA(key): [rʲɑk]
- (phonemic) IPA(key): /rʲæk/
- Bender phonemes: {dak}
Noun
dak
- a duck
References
- Marshallese–English Online Dictionary
Semai
Etymology
From Proto-Aslian [Term?], from Proto-Mon-Khmer *ɗak (“trap; to trap”).
Noun
dak
- trap
References
Semelai
Etymology
From Proto-Aslian [Term?], from Proto-Mon-Khmer *ɗaak (“water, liquid”).
Noun
dak
- water
References
- Nicole Kruspe, A Grammar of Semelai (2004)
Wutunhua
Etymology
Borrowed from Tibetan སྟག (stag).
Pronunciation
Noun
dak
- tiger
References
- Erika Sandman (2016) A Grammar of Wutun[2], University of Helsinki (PhD), →ISBN
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