bak
TranslingualEdit
SymbolEdit
bak
EnglishEdit
AdverbEdit
bak (not comparable)
- (text messaging) Abbreviation of back.
AnagramsEdit
AcehneseEdit
NounEdit
bak
- trunk (of a tree)
ReferencesEdit
- 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.
AfrikaansEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Dutch bak, from French bac.
NounEdit
bak (plural bakke, diminutive bakkie)
Etymology 2Edit
From Dutch bakken, from Middle Dutch backen.
VerbEdit
bak (present bak, present participle bakkende, past participle gebak)
AlbanianEdit
EtymologyEdit
Either a variant of bark, or from Proto-Albanian *bauka, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰōw (“to blow, swell”), close to Proto-Germanic *būkaz (“belly, body”), Dutch buik (“belly”), German Bauch (“belly, stomach”), Swedish buk (“belly, abdomen”).
NounEdit
bak m (indefinite plural baqe, definite singular baku, definite plural baqet)
SynonymsEdit
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
DutchEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
NounEdit
bak m (plural bakken, diminutive bakje n)
- container, such as a box, a crate, a tray or a tub
- Synonym: krat
- (informal, usually in the plural) a large amount, lots
- Het regent bakken met water.
- It's raining lots of water.
- (Netherlands) drinking vessel, usually a cup or mug
- (informal, Netherlands, Belgium, Bargoens) the slammer, jail, prison
- Synonyms: bajes, gevangenis, lik, nor
- (colloquial) a vehicle, a car
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
- Afrikaans: bak
- Berbice Creole Dutch: baksi
- Negerhollands: bak
- → Caribbean Hindustani: báki
- → Caribbean Javanese: bak, bag
- → Indonesian: bak, baki
- → Ternate: baki
- → Papiamentu: baki (from the diminutive)
- → Sranan Tongo: baki
- → Caribbean Javanese: baki
Etymology 2Edit
From versnellingsbak, from etymology 1.
NounEdit
bak m (plural bakken, diminutive bakje n)
- Short for versnellingsbak.
Derived termsEdit
Etymology 3Edit
NounEdit
bak m (uncountable)
- The act of baking (food).
Derived termsEdit
VerbEdit
bak
Etymology 4Edit
From Middle Dutch *bak, bake, baec (“meat from the back of a pig”), from Old Dutch *bak (“back, rear”), from Proto-Germanic *baką. Cognate with English back, Icelandic bak. Etymologically related to bakboord and achterbaks.
NounEdit
bak m (plural bakken, diminutive bakje n)
Etymology 5Edit
NounEdit
bak m (plural bakken, diminutive bakje n)
FaroeseEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Norse bak, from Proto-Germanic *baką.
NounEdit
bak n (genitive singular baks, plural bøk)
DeclensionEdit
Declension of bak | ||||
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n5 | singular | plural | ||
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | bak | bakið | bøk | bøkini |
accusative | bak | bakið | bøk | bøkini |
dative | baki | bakinum | bøkum | bøkunum |
genitive | baks | baksins | baka | bakanna |
See alsoEdit
GaroEdit
EtymologyEdit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
PostpositionEdit
bak
HungarianEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
bak (plural bakok)
- buck (a male goat, or the male of other small ruminants, such as the chamois or roe)
- 1981, Gyula Viga, “Az állatok, a tartás technikája”, in Népi kecsketartás Magyarországon[1]:
- Bakot főként a pásztorok tartottak, általában 40-50 jerkére egyet.
- Bucks were mostly kept by herders, usually one for every 40-50 does.
- box seat, box (driver's seat on a horse-drawn carriage or cart)
- trestle, sawhorse (support, usually made of wooden beams, with a pair of divergent legs at each end)
- 2007, István Balogh, “Törökkávé”, in Szilveszter Szilveszter[2]:
- Az öreg ladikot fenékkel fölfelé két bakra állítják.
- The old punt is placed bottom up on two trestles.
- drawing horse, donkey bench (short bench for art students, with a raised end used to prop up a drawing board)
- 2010, Katalin Vámosi, “Mazsaroff Miklós életének főbb mozzanatai”, in Mazsaroff Miklós 1929–1997: A természet igézetében[3]:
- A mester teraszán rajzoltunk a nemrégiben beszerzett néhány bakon.
- We used to draw on the master's terrace on a couple of recently acquired drawing horses.
- (in set phrases) boost, leg up (cupping one's hands so as to form a step for someone who is attempting to climb)
- 2009, László Béres, “Utca így még nem várt karácsonyt”, in Petőfi Népe[4], volume 64, number 3:
- Ugyan már, bakot tart, én kimászok, leadom a létrát és mindketten kint vagyunk a gödörből.
- Oh come on, you give me a leg up, I climb out, lower the ladder, and we're both out of the pit.
DeclensionEdit
Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | bak | bakok |
accusative | bakot | bakokat |
dative | baknak | bakoknak |
instrumental | bakkal | bakokkal |
causal-final | bakért | bakokért |
translative | bakká | bakokká |
terminative | bakig | bakokig |
essive-formal | bakként | bakokként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | bakban | bakokban |
superessive | bakon | bakokon |
adessive | baknál | bakoknál |
illative | bakba | bakokba |
sublative | bakra | bakokra |
allative | bakhoz | bakokhoz |
elative | bakból | bakokból |
delative | bakról | bakokról |
ablative | baktól | bakoktól |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
baké | bakoké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
bakéi | bakokéi |
Possessive forms of bak | ||
---|---|---|
possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | bakom | bakjaim |
2nd person sing. | bakod | bakjaid |
3rd person sing. | bakja | bakjai |
1st person plural | bakunk | bakjaink |
2nd person plural | bakotok | bakjaitok |
3rd person plural | bakjuk | bakjaik |
Derived termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- bak in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
- bak in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (’A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2023)
IcelandicEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Norse bak, from Proto-Germanic *baką.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
bak n (genitive singular baks, nominative plural bök)
DeclensionEdit
Derived termsEdit
IndonesianEdit
Etymology 1Edit
PronunciationEdit
PrepositionEdit
bak
- preposition to denote comparison.
- kedua anak muda itu wajahnya mirip, bak pinang dibelah dua
Etymology 2Edit
From Dutch bak (“container, vessel”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
bak
CompoundsEdit
Related termsEdit
Etymology 3Edit
From Min Nan 墨 (ba̍k, “Chinese ink”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
bak
Etymology 4Edit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
bak
Further readingEdit
- “bak” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
LuxembourgishEdit
VerbEdit
bak
Middle EnglishEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Old English bæc, from Proto-West Germanic *bak, from Proto-Germanic *baką.
Alternative formsEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
bak (plural bakkes)
- The back, hind, or rear of a being's body:
- c. 1300, Havelok, Havelok the Dane
- Summe putten with gleyue in bac and side, And yeuen wundes longe and wide.
- (figurative) What a person or creature carries or takes with themself/itself.
- (rare) The parts of a person which aren't visible to themself.
- c. 1300, Havelok, Havelok the Dane
- The back, of something more generally; the non-facing side.
- The vertebrae or spine; the bone holding up the back.
- (rare) The extremities, margin or boundary of something.
- (rare) The fur or hide of an animal (removed from an animal)
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
See alsoEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “bak, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-09-12.
Etymology 2Edit
From abak.
Alternative formsEdit
AdverbEdit
bak
DescendantsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “bak, adv. (& adj.).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 3Edit
A shortening of Old Swedish nattbakka.
NounEdit
bak (plural bakkes)
Min NanEdit
For pronunciation and definitions of bak – see 沐 (“to stain”). (This character, bak, is the Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 沐.) |
Norwegian BokmålEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Old Norse bak, from Proto-Germanic *baką.
PronunciationEdit
AdverbEdit
bak
- at the back, behind
- bak fram - back to front
- for langt bak - too far back / behind
PrepositionEdit
bak
- behind
- bak kulissene - behind the scenes
NounEdit
bak m (definite singular baken, indefinite plural baker, definite plural bakene)
bak n (definite singular baket, indefinite plural bak, definite plural baka or bakene)
- (anatomy) behind, bottom, backside
- et spark bak - a kick in / up the backside (etc.)
- back, rear, seat (of trousers)
- buttocks
Derived termsEdit
- bakbein
- bakben
- bakbord
- bakdel
- bakdør
- bakende
- bakevje
- bakfjel
- bakfjøl
- bakfot
- bakfra
- bakgard
- bakgate
- bakgrunn
- bakgård
- bakhand
- bakhjul
- bakhode
- bakhold
- bakhun
- bakhånd
- bakklok
- bakkropp
- baklader
- bakladning
- baklampe
- baklekse
- baklem
- baklengs
- bakli
- baklomme
- bakluke
- baklur
- baklykt
- baklys
- bakmann
- bakmeis
- bakol
- bakole
- bakom
- bakover
- bakpart
- bakparti
- bakre
- bakrom
- baksele
- baksete
- bakside
- bakskott
- bakskut
- bakslag
- baksmekk
- baksmell
- baksnakk
- baksnakke
- bakspeller
- bakspiller
- bakstrev
- bakstrever
- bakstuss
- baktale
- baktalelse
- baktanke
- bakteppe
- baktil
- baktropp
- baktung
- bakut
- bakvaske
- bakveg
- bakvei
- buksebak
- handbak
- håndbak
Etymology 2Edit
VerbEdit
bak
- imperative of bake
ReferencesEdit
- “bak” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian NynorskEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Norse bak, from Proto-Germanic *baką.
PronunciationEdit
AdverbEdit
bak
- at the back, behind
- bak fram - back to front
- for langt bak - too far back / behind
PrepositionEdit
bak
- behind
- bak kulissane - behind the scenes
NounEdit
bak m (definite singular baken, indefinite plural bakar, definite plural bakane)
bak n (definite singular baket, indefinite plural bak, definite plural baka)
- (anatomy) behind, bottom, backside
- eit spark bak - a kick in / up the backside (etc.)
- back, rear, seat (of trousers)
Derived termsEdit
- bakbein
- bakbord
- bakdel
- bakdør
- bakende
- bakevje
- bakfjøl
- bakfot
- bakgard
- bakgate
- bakgrunn
- bakhald
- bakhall
- bakhand
- bakhjul
- bakhon
- bakhovud
- bakhun
- bakklok
- bakkropp
- bakladar
- baklading
- baklampe
- bakleies
- baklekse
- baklem
- baklengs
- bakli
- bakljos
- baklomme
- bakluke
- baklur
- baklykt
- baklys
- bakmann
- bakmeis
- bakol
- bakom
- bakore
- bakover
- bakpart
- bakparti
- bakre
- bakrom
- baksele
- baksete
- bakside
- bakskott
- bakskut
- bakslag
- baksmell
- baksmikk
- baksnakk
- baksnakka
- baksnakke
- bakspelar
- bakstrev
- bakstrevar
- bakstuss
- baktale
- baktanke
- bakteppe
- baktil
- baktropp
- baktung
- bakut
- bakvaske
- bakveg
- buksebak
- handbak
ReferencesEdit
- “bak” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old PolishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Deverbal from bakać. First attested in 1449.
NounEdit
bak m
DeclensionEdit
singular | dual | plural | |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | — | — | — |
genitive | — | — | — |
dative | — | — | — |
accusative | — | — | — |
instrumental | bakiem | — | — |
locative | — | — | — |
vocative | — | — | — |
Related termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- B. Sieradzka-Baziur, editor (2011–2015), “bak”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN
Old SaxonEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-West Germanic *bak, from Proto-Germanic *baką.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
bak n
- back (body part)
- back (rear part of something)
DeclensionEdit
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | bak | baku |
accusative | bak | baku |
genitive | bakes | bakō |
dative | bake | bakum |
instrumental | — | — |
DescendantsEdit
PhaluraEdit
EtymologyEdit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
PronunciationEdit
AdverbEdit
bak (Perso-Arabic spelling بک)
- Co-lexicalized intensifier
ReferencesEdit
PolishEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
Borrowed from Russian бак (bak), from Dutch bak or German Back or English back.
NounEdit
bak m inan
DeclensionEdit
tankful:
Etymology 2Edit
Borrowed from German Backenbart.
NounEdit
bak m inan (diminutive baczek)
DeclensionEdit
Etymology 3Edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
NounEdit
bak f
Further readingEdit
- bak in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- bak in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- M. Arcta Słownik Staropolski/Bak on the Polish Wikisource.Wikisource pl
SahuEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
bak
ReferencesEdit
- Leontine Visser, Clemens Voorhoeve (1987) Sahu-Indonesian-English Dictionary, Brill
SwedishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Swedish baker, from Old Norse bak, from Proto-Germanic *baką. Related to English back.
PronunciationEdit
AdverbEdit
bak (not comparable)
AntonymsEdit
Related termsEdit
PrepositionEdit
bak
NounEdit
bak c
DeclensionEdit
Declension of bak | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | bak | baken | bakar | bakarna |
Genitive | baks | bakens | bakars | bakarnas |
NounEdit
bak n
- baking
- Inget doftar som mors bak.
- Nothing smells like mom's baking.
- Inget doftar som mors bak.
DeclensionEdit
Declension of bak | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | bak | baket | bak | baken |
Genitive | baks | bakets | baks | bakens |
ReferencesEdit
TurkishEdit
VerbEdit
bak
TzeltalEdit
NounEdit
bak
TzotzilEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
bak
Derived termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- Laughlin, Robert M. (1975) The Great Tzotzil Dictionary of San Lorenzo Zinacantán. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press.
YolaEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle English bak.
AdverbEdit
bak
- back
- 1927, “PAUDEEN FOUGHLAAN'S WEDDEEN”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, line 19:
- A pipere vel bak lik own in a smote,
- The piper fell back like one well smitten,
ReferencesEdit
- Kathleen A. Browne (1927) The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Sixth Series, Vol.17 No.2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, page 133
ZhuangEdit
PronunciationEdit
- (Standard Zhuang) IPA(key): /paːk˧˥/
- Tone numbers: bak7
- Hyphenation: bak
Etymology 1Edit
From Proto-Tai *paːkᴰ (“mouth”). Cognate with Thai ปาก (bpàak), Northern Thai ᨸᩣ᩠ᨠ, Lao ປາກ (pāk), Shan ပၢၵ်ႇ (pàak), Ahom 𑜆𑜀𑜫 (pak), Saek ป̄าก. Compare Southern Kam bags (“mouth”), Proto-Be *ɓaːkᴰ¹ (“mouth”) (whence ɓak⁷ in modern lects). Compare also Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baqbaq (whence Cebuano baba, Eastern Cham ꨚꨝꩍ (pabah), Hawaiian vaha).
NounEdit
bak (Sawndip forms 咟 or 㕷 or 北 or 𫩡 or 拍 or 剥 or 𠺣 or 吧, 1957–1982 spelling bak)
- mouth
- entrance; opening
- account of or response to a particular issue
- cutting edge of a tool
- stitch; distance between stitches
Etymology 2Edit
NumeralEdit
bak (1957–1982 spelling bak)