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Translingual
Symbol
dak
( international standards ) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Dakota .
English
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Hindustani डाक / ڈاک ( ḍāk ) .
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Noun
dak (plural daks )
( South Asia ) A post system by means of transport relays of horses stationed at intervals along a route or network, carrying mail and passengers.
( South Asia ) A dak bungalow .
1936 , F.J. Thwaites , chapter XV, in The Redemption , Sydney: H. John Edwards, published 1940 , page 161 :Gaining the dak , they were joined on the veranda by four tight-lipped men.
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Back-formation from daks .
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Verb
dak (third-person singular simple present daks , present participle dakking , simple past and past participle dakked )
( Australia , informal ) To suddenly pull down someone's pants as a prank; to pants .
1995 , Simon Petrie, Pointy-Enders , page 172 :'That Phillip (names another child) “dakked ” Trevor.' 'But I've already spoken with Brendan and with Phillip, and they say that it was you who “dakked ” Trevor.' 'No. He did it to me first, ay?' 'First? You mean he “dakked ” you before you “dakked ” him?'
References
^ James Lambert The Macquarie Australian Slang Dictionary (Sydney: Macquarie Library) 2004.
Anagrams
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch dak , from Old Dutch *thak , from Proto-Germanic *þaką , from Proto-Indo-European *teg- .
Pronunciation
Noun
dak (plural dakke , diminutive dakkie )
roof
Albanian
Etymology
From Proto-Albanian *dauka , from Proto-Indo-European *dʰew- , further related to Lithuanian dvékti ( “ to breathe ” ) , dvākas ( “ breath ” ) . Related to dash .
Noun
dak m (plural daqe , definite daku , definite plural daqet )
big ram
Related terms
References
Central Nicobarese
Noun
dak
water
References
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: Nancowry daak
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch dac , from Old Dutch thak , from Proto-West Germanic *þak , from Proto-Germanic *þaką , from Proto-Indo-European *teg- .
Pronunciation
Noun
dak n (plural daken , diminutive dakje n or daakje n )
roof
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
Afrikaans: dak
Negerhollands: dak
→ Caribbean Hindustani: dák
→ Caribbean Javanese: dag
→ Indonesian: dak
→ Papiamentu: dak
→ Sranan Tongo: daki
Eastern Mnong
Etymology
From Proto-Bahnaric /*ɗaːk/, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *ɗaak .
Pronunciation
Noun
dak
water
lake
Derived terms
Indonesian
Etymology
From Dutch dak ( “ roof ” ) , from Middle Dutch dac , from Old Dutch thak , from Proto-Germanic *þaką , from Proto-Indo-European *teg- .
Pronunciation
Noun
dak (first-person possessive dakku , second-person possessive dakmu , third-person possessive daknya )
( engineering ) roof , the top external level of a building.
Further reading
Kharia
Etymology
For Munda cognates, see Mundari दाः ( dāḥ ) .
Noun
dak
water
References
Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society (2002), page 80
Korwa
Etymology
For Munda cognates, see Mundari दाः ( dāḥ ) .
Noun
dak
water
References
Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society (2002), page 80
Malay
Etymology
Cognate with tidak , tak , from Proto-Malayic *daʔ (compare Indonesian tidak ), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *diaq .
Pronunciation
Adverb
dak
( informal ) not ( negates meaning of verb )
Saya dak mahu makan .
I don't want to eat .
( informal ) not ( To no degree )
Buku itu dak mahal .
That book is not expensive .
Maltese
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Arabic ذَاكَ ( ḏāka ) .
Determiner
dak (feminine dik , plural dawk )
that
Marshallese
Etymology
Borrowed from English duck , from Middle English doke , ducke , dukke , dokke , douke , duke , from Old English duce , dūce ( “ duck ” , literally “ dipper, diver, ducker ” ) , from Old English *dūcan ( “ to dip, dive, duck ” ) , from Proto-Germanic *dūkaną ( “ to dive, bend down ” ) .
Pronunciation
Noun
dak
a duck
References
Semai
Etymology
From Proto-Aslian , from Proto-Mon-Khmer *ɗak ( “ trap; to trap ” ) .
Noun
dak
trap
References
^ Basrim bin Ngah Aching (2008 ) Kamus Engròq Semay – Engròq Malaysia, Kamus Bahasa Semai – Bahasa Malaysia , Bangi: Institut Alam dan Tamadun Melayu , Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
Semelai
Etymology
From Proto-Aslian , from Proto-Mon-Khmer *ɗaak ( “ water, liquid ” ) .
Noun
dak
water
References
Nicole Kruspe, A Grammar of Semelai (2004)
Wutunhua
Etymology
Borrowed from Tibetan སྟག ( stag ) .
Pronunciation
Noun
dak
tiger
References
Erika Sandman (2016 ) A Grammar of Wutun , University of Helsinki (PhD), →ISBN