kaak
English edit
Alternative forms edit
- ka'k, kaʻk (stricter transliterations)
- ka'ak (nonstandard)
Etymology edit
From Arabic كعك (“biscuit, cookie”). Likely a distant cognate with cake.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kaak (uncountable)
- Any of a variety of Middle Eastern biscuits and baked goods, usually sweet.
Bau Bidayuh edit
Noun edit
kaak
Dutch edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Germanic *kekǭ, *kēkǭ, *kakǭ, *kaukǭ, *keukǭ (“jaw; palate; pharynx”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵyewh₁- (“to chew”).
Noun edit
kaak m or f (plural kaken, diminutive kaakje n)
- jaw
- De tandarts onderzocht zijn kaak en constateerde een kleine scheur.
- The dentist examined his jaw and found a small crack.
- cheek, cone
- Ze at een ijsje en voelde de kou op haar kaakjes.
- She ate an ice cream and felt the cold on her cheeks.
- gill
- De vis had prachtige rode kaken
- The fish had beautiful red gills.
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
Etymology 2 edit
From Middle Dutch kaeck (“scaffold”), of obscure origin with no clues outside of Germanic; the non-Indo-European structure of a potential reconstruction *gVg- (two voiced consonants) may indicate a borrowing from a pre-Indo-European substrate language. German kak is borrowed from Low German.
Noun edit
kaak m or f (plural kaken, diminutive kaakje n)
Derived terms edit
Etymology 3 edit
Borrowed from English cake. Doublet of cake.
Noun edit
kaak m or f (plural kaken, diminutive kaakje n)
Usage notes edit
Commonly used in the diminutive form
Etymology 4 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
kaak
- inflection of kaken:
References edit
- M. J. Koenen & J. Endepols, Verklarend Handwoordenboek der Nederlandse Taal (tevens Vreemde-woordentolk), Groningen, Wolters-Noordhoff, 1969 (26th edition) [Dutch dictionary in Dutch]
Greenlandic edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Eskimo *kaɣǝ-. Cognate with Inupiaq kauk (“walrus skin for food”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kaak (plural kaat)