kaak

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See also: kääk, káak', and kʼáakʼ

English

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Etymology

From Arabic كعك (“biscuit, cookie”). Likely a distant cognate with cake.

Pronunciation

Noun

kaak (uncountable)

  1. Any of a variety of Middle Eastern biscuits and baked goods, usually sweet.

Bau Bidayuh

Noun

kaak

  1. crow (any bird of the genus Corvus)

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaːk/
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  • Hyphenation: kaak
  • Rhymes: -aːk

Etymology 1

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From Proto-Germanic *kekǭ, *kēkǭ, *kakǭ, *kaukǭ, *keukǭ (“jaw; palate; pharynx”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵyewh₁- (“to chew”).

Cognates

Cognate with Saterland Frisian Sooke (“cheek”), West Frisian tsjeak (“jaw”), English cheek, Swedish käke (“jaw; jowl”), Norwegian kjake (“jaw”), Old Norse kók (“mouth; gullet”).

Noun

kaak m or f (plural kaken, diminutive kaakje n)

  1. jaw
    De tandarts onderzocht zijn kaak en constateerde een kleine scheur.
    The dentist examined his jaw and found a small crack.
  2. cheek, cone
    Ze at een ijsje en voelde de kou op haar kaakjes.
    She ate an ice cream and felt the cold on her cheeks.
  3. gill
    De vis had prachtige rode kaken
    The fish had beautiful red gills.
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Negerhollands: kaak, kak, kaek
    • → Virgin Islands Creole: kak (dated)

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch kaeck (“scaffold”), of obscure origin with no clues outside of Germanic; the non-Indo-European structure of a potential reconstruction *gVg- (two voiced consonants) may indicate a borrowing from a pre-Indo-European substrate language. German kak is borrowed from Low German.

Noun

kaak m or f (plural kaken, diminutive kaakje n)

  2. pillory
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Borrowed from English cake. Doublet of cake.

Noun

kaak m or f (plural kaken, diminutive kaakje n)

  1. ship biscuit
Usage notes
  • The diminutive form kaakje is far more common and has a separate, more specific meaning of a (sweet) biscuit eaten alongside coffee or tea.

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

kaak

  1. inflection of kaken:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
    3. imperative

References

  • M. J. Koenen & J. Endepols, Verklarend Handwoordenboek der Nederlandse Taal (tevens Vreemde-woordentolk), Groningen, Wolters-Noordhoff, 1969 (26th edition)

Greenlandic

Etymology

From Proto-Eskimo *kaɣǝ-. Cognate with Inupiaq kauk (“walrus skin for food”).

Pronunciation

Noun

kaak (plural kaat)

  1. walrus skin

Declension

Declension of kaak
singular plural
absolutive kaak kaaat
ergative kaaap kaaat
allative kaammut kaannut
ablative kaammit kaannit
prosecutive kaakkut kaatsigut
locative kaammi kaanni
instrumental kaammik kaannik
equative kaattut kaattut
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