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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Arabic كعك (“biscuit, cookie”). Likely a distant cognate with cake.
Pronunciation
Noun
kaak (uncountable)
- Any of a variety of Middle Eastern biscuits and baked goods, usually sweet.
Bau Bidayuh
Noun
kaak
- crow (any bird of the genus Corvus)
Dutch
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Proto-Germanic *kekǭ, *kēkǭ, *kakǭ, *kaukǭ, *keukǭ (“jaw; palate; pharynx”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵyewh₁- (“to chew”).
Noun
kaak m or f (plural kaken, diminutive kaakje n)
- jaw
De tandarts onderzocht zijn kaak en constateerde een kleine scheur.- The dentist examined his jaw and found a small crack.
- 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.
- gill
De vis had prachtige rode kaken- The fish had beautiful red gills.
Derived terms
Descendants
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)
- pillory
Derived terms
Etymology 3
Borrowed from English cake. Doublet of cake.
Noun
kaak m or f (plural kaken, diminutive kaakje n)
- ship biscuit
Usage notes
Commonly used in the diminutive form
Etymology 4
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
kaak
- inflection of kaken:
- first-person singular present indicative
- 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)
- walrus skin
Declension