daak
Central Melanau edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
daak
Ilocano edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
daák
Derived terms edit
Limburgish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Dutch dak, from Old Dutch *thak. Or from Middle Low German dak, from Old Saxon thak. Both ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *þak, from Proto-Germanic *þaką.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
daak n or f
- roof
- (mining) roof (The surface or bed of rock immediately overlying a bed of coal or a flat vein.)
- (geology) a rock layer above a seam
Usage notes edit
- Neuter in most dialects, feminine in some dialects like the dialect of Sittard
Southeastern Tepehuan edit
Noun edit
daak