nakkie
Dutch
editEtymology
editProbably a borrowing from Sranan Tongo naki (“to hit, knock”), also used in naki spoiti (“to inject”). Can be interpreted synchronically as nak + -ie.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editnakkie n (plural nakkies)
- (Netherlands, slang) An insufflated dose of a powdered drug, especially cocaine; a bump.
- 2016, Kate Tempest, translated by Roos van de Wardt, Astrid Huisman, and Meulenhoff Boekerij B.V., De stenen die de huizen bouwen:
- (...) Dale kijkt hem recht in de ogen. 'Nakkie doen?'
'Wat?' Pete zet zijn glas neer.
'Lijntje doen?'
'Ja, lekker.'- (...) Dale looks him straight in the eye. 'Shall we do a bump?'
'What?' Pete puts his glass down.
'Shall we do a snort?'
'Yeah, feels good man.'
- (...) Dale looks him straight in the eye. 'Shall we do a bump?'