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dak

Translingual

Symbol

dak

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Dakota.

See also

  • 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/
  • Rhymes: -ɑːk

Noun

dak (plural daks)

  1. (South Asia) A post system by means of transport relays of horses stationed at intervals along a route or network, carrying mail and passengers.
  2. (South Asia) A dak bungalow.
  3. (South Asia, obsolete) A journey using the dak system.
Derived terms
  • dak bungalow

Etymology 2

Back-formation from daks.

Alternative forms

  • dack

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /dæk/

Verb

dak (third-person singular simple present daks, present participle dakking, simple past and past participle dakked)

  1. (Australia, informal) To suddenly pull down someone's pants as a prank; to pants.

References

Anagrams

  • DKA

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch dak, from Old Dutch *thak, from Proto-Germanic *þaką, from Proto-Indo-European *teg-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dak/

Noun

dak (plural dakke, diminutive dakkie)

  1. 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)

  1. big ram

Related terms

  • dash

References

Central Nicobarese

Noun

dak

  1. 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/
  • Hyphenation: dak
  • Rhymes: -ɑk

Noun

dak n (plural daken, diminutive dakje n or (rare) daakje n)

  1. roof

Derived terms

Related terms

  • dekken

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

  • IPA(key): /daːk/

Noun

dak

  1. water
  2. lake

Derived terms

  • dak Lak (Lak Lake)

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)

  1. roof (the top external level of a building)
    Synonym: pelat lantai

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈdaʔ/ [ˈdaʔ]
  • Syllabification: dak

Adverb

dak

  1. (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)

  1. 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

  1. 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

  1. 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

  1. (informal) not (negates meaning of verb)
    Saya dak mahu makan.
    I don't want to eat.
  2. (informal) not (To no degree)
    Buku itu dak mahal.
    That book is not expensive.

Maltese

Alternative forms

  • daka

Etymology

From Arabic ذَاكَ (ḏāka).

Determiner

dak (feminine dik, plural dawk)

  1. 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

  1. a duck

References

  • Marshallese–English Online Dictionary

Semai

Etymology

From Proto-Aslian [Term?], from Proto-Mon-Khmer *ɗak (trap; to trap).

Noun

dak

  1. trap

References

Semelai

Etymology

From Proto-Aslian [Term?], from Proto-Mon-Khmer *ɗaak (water, liquid).

Noun

dak

  1. water

References

  • Nicole Kruspe, A Grammar of Semelai (2004)

Wutunhua

Etymology

Borrowed from Tibetan སྟག (stag).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [tɐx]

Noun

dak

  1. tiger

References

  • Erika Sandman (2016) A Grammar of Wutun[2], University of Helsinki (PhD), →ISBN

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