nak

See also: NAK, nák, nāk, nāk-, näk, näk-, nåk, -nak, -nák, na꞉k, and ␕

English

Noun

nak (plural naks)

1. A female yak.

Anagrams

• Kan, Kan., NKA, kan, nka

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Dutch

Etymology

Back-formation from nakkie.

Noun

nak c (plural nakken, diminutive nakje n)

1. (slang) a bump or small line of an insufflated drug

Usage notes

Commonly used in the diminutive, including the usual form nakkie (which resembles and is sometimes reinterpreted as a diminutive).

Coordinate terms

• lijn
• sleutelpunt

Related terms

• nakken

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Jingpho

Etymology

Borrowed from Burmese နှက် (hnak)

Verb

nak

1. to strike

References

• Kurabe, Keita, “Phonology of Burmese loanwords in Jinghpaw”, in Kyoto University Linguistic Research‎^[1], volume 35, 2016-12-31, DOI:10.14989/219015, ISSN 1349-7804, pages 91–128

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Malay

Verb

nak

1. (informal, modal auxiliary) Contraction of hendak.

Saya nak ke tandas sebentar.

I need to go to the bathroom for a while.

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Rohingya

Alternative forms

• 𐴕𐴝𐴑‎ (nak) – Hanifi Rohingya script

Etymology

From Bengali নাক (nak).

Noun

nak (Hanifi spelling 𐴕𐴝𐴑)

1. nose

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Tainae

Alternative forms

• (i)naagu

Noun

nak

1. water

References

• 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)

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Volapük

Noun

nak (nominative plural naks)

1. anchor

Declension

declension of nak

	singular	plural
nominative	nak	naks
genitive	naka	nakas
dative	nake	nakes
accusative	naki	nakis
vocative 1	o nak!	o naks!
predicative 2	naku	nakus

• ¹ status as a case is disputed
• ² in later, non-classical Volapük only