kåk
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "kak"
Swedish
Etymology
Probably from an older sense, meaning a pole where different punishments were carried out on; probably denoting the structure or scaffolding the pole were raised on. If so, then inherited from Old Swedish kaker, from Middle Low German kāk, probably ultimately from the root of kägla (“pin, cone”).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
kåk c
- a (wooden) house in poor condition, a shack, a ramshackle house
- (somewhat colloquial, by extension) a house (generally)
- köpa ny kåk
- buy a new house
- (slang, chiefly in the definite) a prison
- Han sitter på kåken
- He's in prison
- (poker) full house, a combination of a pair and three-of-a-kind
Usage notes
Might be losing (sense 1) outside compounds like kåkstad, but generally known in other senses.
Declension
Declension of kåk
Derived terms
See also
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| färg | kåk | fyrtal | färgstege | N/A | |
References
Further reading
- kåk in Svensk ordbok.
- kåk in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
Welsh Romani
Noun
kåk m
Derived terms
References
- “kåk” in Welsh Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.