bakkie

See also: Bakkie

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbæ.ki/
• Rhymes: -æki

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Afrikaans bakkie, from dialectal Dutch bakkie, from bak (“a tough/cool car”, slang) + -ie (“-y, -ey”, diminutive suffix).

Bakkie as used by a typical informal street vendor in South Africa

Noun

bakkie (plural bakkies)

1. (Namibia, South Africa) A pick-up truck or ute, generally open, possibly fitted with a removable canopy or similar accessories, but distinct from a large truck and from a van or similar small utility vehicle.

Translations

any light delivery vehicle

• Afrikaans: bakkie (af)

• German: Bakkie (de) m

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Afrikaans bak (“bowl, dish”).

Noun

bakkie (plural bakkies)

1. (South Africa) A covered small bowl, such as a Tupperware container.
   • 2007, Bree O'Mara, Home Affairs, page 148:

     That done, she passed around a bakkie of home-made chocolate biscuits to all the girls.

References

• https://web.archive.org/web/20050728130554/http://www.doubletongued.org/index.php/dictionary/comments/805/
• 1978 A Dictionary of South African English. Edited Jean Branford. Oxford.

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Afrikaans

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈba.ki/

Noun

bakkie (plural bakkies)

1. A bakkie (pick-up truck or ute)
2. Diminutive of bak

Descendants

• → English: bakkie

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɑ.ki/

• Audio

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Noun

bakkie n (plural bakkies)

1. (Netherlands, colloquial) Alternative form of bakje.