nak
EnglishEdit
NounEdit
nak (plural naks)
AnagramsEdit
DutchEdit
EtymologyEdit
Back-formation from nakkie.
NounEdit
nak c (plural nakken, diminutive nakje n)
- (slang) a bump or small line of an insufflated drug
Usage notesEdit
Commonly used in the diminutive, including the usual form nakkie (which resembles and is sometimes reinterpreted as a diminutive).
Coordinate termsEdit
Related termsEdit
JingphoEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Burmese နှက် (hnak)
VerbEdit
nak
- to strike
ReferencesEdit
- Kurabe, Keita, “Phonology of Burmese loanwords in Jinghpaw”, in Kyoto University Linguistic Research[1], volume 35, 2016-12-31, DOI: , ISSN 1349-7804, pages 91–128
MalayEdit
VerbEdit
nak
- Saya nak ke tandas sebentar.
- I need to go to the bathroom for a while.
RohingyaEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- 𐴕𐴝𐴑 (nak) – Hanifi Rohingya script
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
nak (Hanifi spelling 𐴕𐴝𐴑)
TainaeEdit
Alternative formsEdit
NounEdit
nak
ReferencesEdit
- Terry Carlson, Tainae grammar essentials (1991; digitized 2006)
- Karl J. Franklin, Comparative Wordlist 1 of the Gulf District and adjacent areas (1975), page 67 (as (i)naagu)
VolapükEdit
NounEdit
nak (nominative plural naks)