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3-letter words (2 found)

KAY,YAK,

2-letter words (4 found)

AY,KA,KY,YA,

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Definitions and meaning of yak

yak

Translingual

Etymology

Clipping of English Yakima.

Symbol

yak

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Yakima.

See also

  • Wiktionary’s coverage of Yakima terms

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jæk/
  • Rhymes: -æk
  • Homophone: yack

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Tibetan གཡག (g.yag). See there for more.

Noun

yak (plural yak or yaks)

  1. An ox-like mammal native to the Himalayas, Mongolia, Myanmar, and Tibet with dark, long, and silky hair, a horse-like tail, and a full, bushy mane.
Hyponyms
  • Bos mutus
  • Bos grunniens
  • Bos mutus grunniens, wild yak
  • Poephagus grunniens, domestic yak
Derived terms
Translations

Etymology 2

Apparently an onomatopoeia.

Alternative forms

  • yack

Verb

yak (third-person singular simple present yaks, present participle yakking, simple past and past participle yakked)

  1. (slang, intransitive) To talk, particularly informally but persistently; to chatter or prattle.
  2. (slang, intransitive) To vomit, usually as a result of excessive alcohol consumption.
Translations

Noun

yak (countable and uncountable, plural yaks)

  1. (slang) A talk, particular an informal talk; chattering; gossip.
  2. (slang) A laugh.
  3. (slang) Vomit.
Translations

Related terms

  • yacket
  • yackety-yak
  • yakfest
  • yakky

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Korean 약 (yak).

Noun

yak (plural yaks)

  1. a traditional Korean flute used in court music

Etymology 4

Shortening.

Noun

yak (plural yaks)

  1. (slang) A kayak.

Etymology 5

Shortening.

Noun

yak (plural yaks)

  1. (slang) cognac.

Anagrams

  • 'kay, Kay, kay, kya

Choctaw

Adverb

yak

  1. thus

References

  • Cyrus Byington, A Dictionary of the Choctaw Language

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jɑk/
  • Hyphenation: yak
  • Rhymes: -ɑk

Noun

yak m (plural yakken or yaks, diminutive yakje n)

  1. alternative spelling of jak

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jak/
  • Rhymes: -ak

Noun

yak m (plural yaks)

  1. alternative spelling of yack

Further reading

  • “yak”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Indonesian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English yak or Dutch jak.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈjak/ [ˈjak̚]
  • Rhymes: -ak
  • Syllabification: yak

Noun

yak

  1. (zoology) yak

Etymology 2

A variant of ya.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈjaʔ/ [ˈjaʔ]
  • Rhymes: -aʔ
  • Syllabification: yak

Particle

yak

  1. alternative form of ya

Further reading

  • “yak” 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.

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Tibetan གཡག (g.yag), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g-jak ~ g-jaŋ.

Noun

yak m (invariable)

  1. a yak (bovine)
    Synonym: bue tibetano

Kokborok

Alternative forms

  • jak

Etymology

From Proto-Bodo-Garo *yak (“hand; arm”). Cognate with Garo jak (“hand”).

Noun

yak

  1. hand

References

  • Debbarma, Binoy (2001) “yak”, in Concise Kokborok-English-Bengali Dictionary‎[2], Language Wing, Education Department, TTAADC, →ISBN, page 142

Malay

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈjak/ [ˈjaʔ]
  • Rhymes: -ak
  • Hyphenation: yak

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English yak.

Noun

yak (Jawi spelling يق, plural yak-yak)

  1. (zoology) yak

Etymology 2

The apheresis form of Malay berak, with the letter y inserted in front. A childish variant of berak used by parents to the children.

Noun

yak (plural yak-yak)

  1. (childish) poo

Verb

yak

  1. (childish) to defecate, to poop

Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adjective

yak (Jawi spelling يق)

  1. (belacak ~), (melacak ~); to be abundant
Derived terms

References

Further reading

  • “yak” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Q'eqchi

Noun

yak

  1. lynx

Further reading

  • Ch'ina tusleb' aatin q'eqchi'-kaxlan aatin ut kaxlan aatin-q'eqchi' (Guatemala, 1998) [4]

Romanian

Alternative forms

  • iac

Noun

yak m (plural yaci)

  1. yak (bovine mammal)

Savi

Etymology

From Sanskrit एक (eka).

Numeral

yak

  1. (cardinal number) one

References

  • Knobloch, Nina (2020) A grammar sketch of Sauji: An Indo-Aryan language of Afghanistan‎[5], Stockholm: Stockholm University

Spanish

Alternative forms

  • yac

Etymology

Borrowed from Tibetan གཡག (g.yag), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g-jak ~ g-jaŋ.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ak
  • Syllabification: yak

Noun

yak m (plural yak or yaks)

  1. yak (bovine)

Further reading

  • “yak”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Tagalog

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈjak/ [ˈjak̚]
  • Rhymes: -ak
  • Syllabification: yak

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English yuck.

Interjection

yak (Baybayin spelling ᜌᜃ᜔)

  1. used to indicate disgust or nausea: yuck; ew
    Synonym: kadiri

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English yak, from Tibetan གཡག (g.yag).

Noun

yak (Baybayin spelling ᜌᜃ᜔)

  1. yak (mammal)

Anagrams

  • kay

Turkish

Etymology

From English yak, from Tibetan གཡག (g.yag), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g-jak ~ g-jaŋ.

Noun

yak (definite accusative yakı, plural yaklar)

  1. yak (ox-like mammal)

Synonyms

  • Tibet öküzü
  • Tibet sığırı

Verb

yak

  1. second-person singular imperative of yakmak

Uzbek

Etymology

Inherited from Chagatai یَک, from Classical Persian یَک (yak).

Numeral

yak

  1. one
    Synonym: bir

Source: wiktionary.org