dak
Translingual edit
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dak
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Hindustani डाक / ڈاک (ḍāk).
Alternative forms edit
- dawk (obsolete)
Pronunciation edit
- (UK) IPA(key): /dɑːk/, /dɔːk/
Audio (Southern England) (file) Audio (Southern England) (file) - Rhymes: -ɑːk, -ɔːk
Noun edit
dak (plural daks)
- (South Asia) A post system by means of transport relays of horses stationed at intervals along a route or network, carrying mail and passengers.
- 1886 November 23, Rudyard Kipling, “The Arrest of Lieutenant Golightly”, in Plain Tales from the Hills, Calcutta: Thacker, Spink and Co.; London: W. Thacker & Co., published 1888, →OCLC, pages 117–118:
- He prided himself on looking neat even when he was riding dâks.
- (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.
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Etymology 2 edit
Back-formation from daks.[1]
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dak (third-person singular simple present daks, present participle dakking, simple past and past participle dakked)
- (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
- ^ 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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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)
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References edit
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998), “dak”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden; Boston; Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 54
Central Nicobarese edit
Noun edit
dak
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)
Derived terms edit
- afdak
- autodak
- bladerdak
- dakbedekker
- dakconcert
- dakdeel
- dakdekker
- dakgoot
- dakhaas
- dakisolatie
- dakkapel
- dakkoffer
- daklat
- daklekkage
- dakloos
- dakloze
- dakpan
- dakraam
- dakrand
- dakriet
- dakspar
- dakterras
- daktuin
- dakwerker
- grasdak
- koepeldak
- lessenaarsdak
- pannendak
- panoramadak
- piramidedak
- puntdak
- rokersafdak
- schaliedak
- schedeldak
- schooldak
- schuifdak
- strodak
- tentdak
- zaagtanddak
- zadeldak
- zonnedak
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Eastern Mnong edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Bahnaric /*ɗaːk/, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *ɗaak.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
dak
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Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
From Dutch dak (“roof”), from Middle Dutch dac, from Old Dutch thak, from Proto-Germanic *þaką, from Proto-Indo-European *teg-.
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Noun edit
dak (first-person possessive dakku, second-person possessive dakmu, third-person possessive daknya)
- (engineering) roof, the top external level of a building.
Further reading edit
- “dak” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Kharia edit
Etymology edit
For Munda cognates, see Mundari दाः (dāḥ).
Noun edit
dak
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
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.
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dak
Maltese edit
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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
- 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]
References edit
- ^ 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
References edit
- Nicole Kruspe, A Grammar of Semelai (2004)
Wutunhua edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Tibetan སྟག (stag).
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dak