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Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch maken, from Middle Dutch maken, from Old Dutch macon, from Proto-West Germanic *makōn.
Pronunciation
Verb
maak (present maak, present participle makende, past participle gemaak)
- to make
Dutch
Pronunciation
Verb
maak
- inflection of maken:
- first-person singular present indicative
- imperative
Estonian
Pronunciation
Noun
maak (genitive maagi, partitive maaki)
- ore
Declension
Further reading
- “maak”, in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
Yola
Verb
maak
- Alternative form of maake
1927, “LAMENT OF A WIDOW”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 130, line 1:Ochone! to fo shul Ich maak mee moan,- Ochone, to whom shall I make my moan,
References
- Kathleen A. Browne (1927) The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Sixth Series, Vol.17 No.2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, page 130