doek

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See also: dök, dok, dòk, and -dok

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Afrikaans doek (“cloth”), from Dutch doek, from Middle Dutch doec, from Old Dutch *duok, from Proto-West Germanic *dōk, from Proto-Germanic *dōkaz. Doublet of duck.

Noun

doek (plural doeke or doeks)

  1. (South Africa) A cloth. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
  2. (South Africa) A kopdoek: a kerchief or bandanna worn as a head covering.
    Hypernym: headwrap
    • 1965, Doris Lessing, Landlocked, HarperPerennial, published 1995, page 227:
      He said: “What have you got that filthy doek on your head for?”
    • 1982, Can Themba, The Will to Die,[1]
      "Mama, how about a doek for Janet?"
      The doek! God save our gracious doek! A doek is a colourful piece of cloth that the African woman wears as headgear. It is tied stylistically into various shapes from Accra to Cape Town. I do not know the history of this innocuous piece of cloth. In Afrikans, the language of those of our white masters who are of Dutch and Huguenot descent, doek meant, variously, a tablecloth, a dirty rag, or a symbol of the slave. Perhaps it was later used by African women in contact with European ideas of beauty who realised that 'they had no hair' and subconsciously hid their heads under the doek. Whatever else, the doek had come to designate the African woman. So that evening when I said, 'Mama, how about a doek for Janet', I was proposing to transform her, despite her colour and her deep blue eyes, into an African woman for the while.

References

  1. ^ Can Themba (1982) The Will to Die‎, David Philip, →ISBN

Anagrams

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch doek, from Middle Dutch doec, from Old Dutch *duok, from Proto-Germanic *dōkaz.

Pronunciation

Noun

doek (plural doeke, diminutive doekie)

  1. cloth, fabric
  2. canvas
  3. diaper
    Synonym: luier

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → English: doek
  • → Shona: dhuku

Dutch

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Etymology

From Middle Dutch doec, from Old Dutch *duok, from Proto-West Germanic *dōk, from Proto-Germanic *dōkaz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /duk/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: doek
  • Rhymes: -uk

Noun

doek m or n (plural doeken, diminutive doekje n)

  1. cloth, linen, fabric

Noun

doek m (plural doeken, diminutive doekje n)

  1. a piece of cloth

Noun

doek n (plural doeken, diminutive doekje n)

  1. screen, curtain (at the theater)
  2. canvas
  3. painting on canvas

Synonyms

  • (piece of cloth): lap

Derived terms

Descendants

Anagrams

Zhuang

Pronunciation

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *tokᴰ (“to drop”)[1].

Cognate with Thai ตก (dtòk), Lao ຕົກ (tok), Lü ᦷᦎᧅ (ṫok), Shan တူၵ်း (túuk), Ahom 𑜄𑜤𑜀𑜫 (tuk), Bouyei dogt.

Verb

doek (Sawndip forms 𬻨[2] or 笠[2] or 托[2] or 得[2] or 篤[2] or 堕[2] or 𰜺[2] or 𭰚[2] or 𮒏[2] or 岳[2] or 𢟎[2] or 𭢥[2] or 独[2] or ⿺失独[2] or ⿱入独[2] or ⿱不独[2] or ⿱穴独[2] or 𥫫[2] or ⿰亻独[2], 1957–1982 spelling dɵk)

  1. to fall; to drop

References

  1. ^ Pittayaporn, Pittayawat (2009) The Phonology of Proto-Tai‎, Cornell University PhD dissertation, page 352
  2. ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 2.16 2.17 2.18 古壮字字典 [Dictionary of Old Zhuang Characters] (in Chinese), Guangxi: Ethnic Publishing House (广西民族出版社), 2012, →ISBN
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