kåk

See also: Appendix:Variations of "kak"

Swedish

Etymology

Probably from an older sense, meaning a pole where different punishments were carried out on; probably denoting the structure or scaffolding the pole were raised on. If so, then inherited from Old Swedish kaker, from Middle Low German kāk, probably ultimately from the root of kägla (“pin, cone”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koːk/

Noun

kåk c

2. a (wooden) house in poor condition, a shack, a ramshackle house
3. (somewhat colloquial, by extension) a house (generally)

   köpa ny kåk

   buy a new house

4. (slang, chiefly in the definite) a prison

   Han sitter på kåken

   He's in prison

5. (poker) full house, a combination of a pair and three-of-a-kind

Usage notes

Might be losing (sense 1) outside compounds like kåkstad, but generally known in other senses.

Declension

Declension of kåk
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	kåk	kåken	kåkar	kåkarna
Genitive	kåks	kåkens	kåkars	kåkarnas

Derived terms

• kåkstad

Further reading

• kåk in Svensk ordbok.

Welsh Romani

Noun

kåk m

1. uncle

Derived terms

• båro kåk
• kåkesko
• phureder kåk
• pårno kåk

 

References

• “kåk” in Welsh Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.