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dak

See also: Appendix:Variations of "dak"

Translingual edit

Symbol edit

dak

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

English edit

Etymology 1 edit

Borrowed from Hindustani डाक / ڈاک (ḍāk).

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Pronunciation edit

  • (UK) IPA(key): /dɑːk/, /dɔːk/
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  • Rhymes: -ɑːk, -ɔːk

Noun edit

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.
    • 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]

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Verb edit

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.
    • 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

  1. ^ 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-.

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Noun edit

dak (plural dakke, diminutive dakkie)

  1. roof

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)

  1. big ram

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References edit

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “dak”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 54

Central Nicobarese edit

Noun edit

dak

  1. water

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-.

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Noun edit

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

  1. roof

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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

  1. water
  2. lake

Derived terms edit

Indonesian edit

 
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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

  • IPA(key): [ˈdak]
  • Hyphenation: dak

Noun edit

dak (first-person possessive dakku, second-person possessive dakmu, third-person possessive daknya)

  1. (engineering) roof, the top external level of a building.

Further reading edit

Kharia edit

Etymology edit

For Munda cognates, see Mundari दाः (dāḥ).

Noun edit

dak

  1. water

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

  1. water

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

  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 edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Arabic ذَاكَ (ḏāka).

Determiner edit

dak (feminine dik, plural dawk)

  1. that

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”).

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Noun edit

dak

  1. a duck

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Semai edit

Etymology edit

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

Noun edit

dak [1]

  1. trap

References edit

  1. ^ 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

  1. water

References edit

  • Nicole Kruspe, A Grammar of Semelai (2004)

Wutunhua edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Tibetan སྟག (stag).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

dak

  1. tiger

References edit

  • Erika Sandman (2016) A Grammar of Wutun‎[1], University of Helsinki (PhD), →ISBN
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