mak
Translingual edit
Symbol edit
mak
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Verb edit
mak (third-person singular simple present maks, present participle makkin or makin, simple past and past participle makked or made)
References edit
- A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Bill Griffiths, 2005, Northumbria University Press, →ISBN
See also edit
Anagrams edit
Car Nicobarese edit
Etymology edit
Suggested by Pinnow to derive from an earlier form um-dak, where the second element is cognate to Mundari दाः (dāḥ). The first element may be cognate to U ʔóm and/or Khasi um.
Noun edit
mak
References edit
- George Whitehead, Dictionary of the Car-Nicobarese Language (1925)
- 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
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Dutch gemac (“tame, manageable”); see gemak (“comfort, ease”).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
mak (comparative makker, superlative makst)
Verb edit
mak
- inflection of makken:
Anagrams edit
Kashubian edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *makъ.
Noun edit
mak
Further reading edit
Lower Sorbian edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Slavic *makъ, from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂kos.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
mak m inan
Declension edit
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928), “mak”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
- Starosta, Manfred (1999), “mak”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag
Malay edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Shortened form of emak, from Proto-Malayic *əma-ʔ, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *əma-ʔ, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *əma-ʔ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əma-ʔ, from *əma.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
mak (Jawi spelling مق, plural mak-mak, informal 1st possessive makku, 2nd possessive makmu, 3rd possessive maknya)
- Alternative form of emak
Middle English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
mak
- Alternative form of make (“equal, partner”)
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
mak
- Alternative form of make (“build”)
Etymology 3 edit
Verb edit
mak
- Alternative form of maken
North Frisian edit
Noun edit
mak
Northern Kurdish edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Iranian *máHtā (compare Persian مادر (mâdar), Baluchi مات (mát), Pashto مور (mor), Ossetian мад (mad), Avestan 𐬨𐬁𐬙𐬀𐬭 (mātar)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *máHtā (compare Sanskrit मातृ (mā́tṛ), Hindi माता (mātā)), from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr (compare Armenian մայր (mayr), Greek μητέρα (mitéra), Russian мать (matʹ), Italian madre, English mother).
Noun edit
mak f
- mother (only in reference to animals)
Polish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *makъ, from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂kos.
Noun edit
mak m inan (diminutive maczek)
Declension edit
Etymology 2 edit
Clipping of McDonald's.
Noun edit
mak m animal
- (slang) McDonald's restaurant, Mickey D's
- Niedawno otworzyli maka koło mnie. ― They recently opened a McDonald's near me.
- (slang, by extension) food from McDonald's
Declension edit
Further reading edit
Scots edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English maken, from Old English macian.
Verb edit
mak (third-person singular simple present maks, present participle makkin, simple past made or makkit, past participle made or makkit)
- to make
- Mony fowk drink tae mak thaimselves feel blithe. ― Many people drink to make themselves feel happy.
Serbo-Croatian edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *makъ, from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂kos.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
mȁk m (Cyrillic spelling ма̏к)
Declension edit
Derived terms edit
Slovak edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *makъ, from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂kos.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
mak m inan (genitive singular maku, nominative plural maky, genitive plural makov, declension pattern of dub)
Declension edit
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “mak”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024
Slovene edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Slavic *makъ, from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂kos.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
mȁk or mȃk m inan
Inflection edit
Masculine inan., hard o-stem | |||
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nom. sing. | màk | ||
gen. sing. | máka | ||
singular | dual | plural | |
nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
màk | máka | máki |
genitive (rodȋlnik) |
máka | mákov | mákov |
dative (dajȃlnik) |
máku | mákoma | mákom |
accusative (tožȋlnik) |
màk | máka | máke |
locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
máku | mákih | mákih |
instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
mákom | mákoma | máki |
Masculine inan., hard o-stem | |||
---|---|---|---|
nom. sing. | mák | ||
gen. sing. | máka | ||
singular | dual | plural | |
nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
mák | máka | máki |
genitive (rodȋlnik) |
máka | mákov | mákov |
dative (dajȃlnik) |
máku | mákoma | mákom |
accusative (tožȋlnik) |
mák | máka | máke |
locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
máku | mákih | mákih |
instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
mákom | mákoma | máki |
Further reading edit
- “mak”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Swedish mak, assumed to originate from an unattested Old Swedish adjective *maker (“easy, calm, fit, suiting, appropriate”), from Old Norse makr (“easy to deal with”).
Noun edit
mak n
- a state of leisure; almost exclusively used in the expression:
- i sakta mak ― slowly, without hurry
Declension edit
- Nowadays never inflected, but historically with the definite form maket.
Related terms edit
References edit
- mak in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- mak in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- mak in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
Anagrams edit
Tok Pisin edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
mak
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
mak
Verb edit
mak
- to mark
West Frisian edit
Adjective edit
mak
Inflection edit
Inflection of mak | ||||
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uninflected | mak | |||
inflected | makke | |||
comparative | makker | |||
positive | comparative | superlative | ||
predicative/adverbial | mak | makker | it makst it makste | |
indefinite | c. sing. | makke | makkere | makste |
n. sing. | mak | makker | makste | |
plural | makke | makkere | makste | |
definite | makke | makkere | makste | |
partitive | maks | makkers | — |
Further reading edit
- “mak”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
Wutunhua edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Tibetan དམག (dmag).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
mak
- soldier
- gu mak dang-lio-de re.
- He has [certainly] been a soldier.
References edit
- Juha Janhunen, Marja Peltomaa, Erika Sandman, Xiawu Dongzhou (2008) Wutun (LINCOM's Descriptive Grammar Series), volume 466, LINCOM Europa, →ISBN
Zhuang edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Zhuang) IPA(key): /maːk˧˥/
- Tone numbers: mak7
- Hyphenation: mak
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Tai *ʰmaːkᴰ (“fruit”). Cognate with Thai หมาก (màak), Lao ໝາກ (māk), Lü ᦖᦱᧅ (ṁaak), Shan မၢၵ်ႇ (màak).
Noun edit
mak (Sawndip forms 𭽝 or 𰙁 or 漠 or ⿰木没 or 模 or 莫 or ⿱艹墨, 1957–1982 spelling mak)
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
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Noun edit
mak (1957–1982 spelling mak)
Etymology 3 edit
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Noun edit
mak (1957–1982 spelling mak)