tak

tak

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Tala.

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Tala terms

• take (Standard English)
• tyek (Geordie)

Dialectal form of take.

• IPA^(key): /tæk/

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• Rhymes: -æk
• Homophone: tack

tak (third-person singular simple present taks, present participle takkin, simple past teuk, past participle takken)

1. (Wearside, Durham) To take.

• ATK, KAT, Kat, TKA, kat

From Dutch tak (“branch, twig, offshoot”), from Middle Dutch tac (“pointy object, forked object”), from Old Dutch *takko (“pointy object”).

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tak (plural takke)

1. branch, twig, bough
2. branch, offshoot

Inherited from Old Czech tak from Proto-Slavic *tako.

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tak

1. so (very)

   Je tak dobrý! ― He is so good!

   Není to tak špatné. ― It’s not so bad.

2. so (therefore)

   Chtěl knihu, tak si zašel do knihovny. ― He wanted a book, so he went to the library.

3. so, in that way

   Tak to chodí ― That's the way it goes (lit. "so it goes")

tak

1. so

   Tak jděme! ― So let's go!

• takhle
• takto
• tolik

• “tak”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “tak”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “tak”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

• IPA^(key): /tak/, /ˈtɑɡ/, ,

From Old Norse þǫkk, from Proto-Germanic *þankō, *þankaz, cognate with English thank, German Dank.

tak c (singular definite takken, not used in plural form)

1. thanks

tak

1. thank you, thanks

Danish Wikipedia has an article on:

tak

Wikipedia ^da

From Middle Low German tacke, from Proto-Germanic *takkô (“prickle, spike, jag”), cognate with English tack, German Zacke.

tak c (singular definite takken, plural indefinite takker)

1. jag
2. point
3. cog
4. tooth
5. tine

• tak on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

tak

1. imperative of takke

From Middle Dutch tac (“pointy object, forked object”), from Old Dutch *takko (“pointy object”), from Frankish *takkō, from Proto-Germanic *takkô. Unrelated to the prefix takke-, as in takkewijf.

• IPA^(key): /tɑk/

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• Hyphenation: tak
• Rhymes: -ɑk

tak m (plural takken, diminutive takje n)

1. branch, twig, bough

   Synonyms: telg, twijg

2. branch, offshoot, division

• Afrikaans: tak
• Berbice Creole Dutch: taku
• Negerhollands: tak, takje, takkie
• → Aukan: taka

• kat

• IPA^(key): /tʰɛaːʰk/
• Rhymes: -ɛaːʰk

From Old Norse þak, from Proto-Germanic *þaką, from Proto-Indo-European *teg-.

tak n (genitive singular taks, plural tøk)

1. roof

• tekja

From Old Norse tak.

tak n (genitive singular taks, plural tøk)

1. grip, hold
2. A huge effort, major effort, strenuous effort.

• IPA^(key): /tea̯ʔ/

tak

1. but

   Kami mending, tak iya aja diasuh kami bejaku

   The rest of us heard, but only he is asked by us to speak.

tak

1. expressing the seriousness or strength of words, the most extreme or severe

   Tak manchal! Nadai ulih rara

   He is extremely mischievous! Cannot be deterred

2. frighten or scare, but not done out of anger

   Tak singin ati aku ka muai iya ke lubuk.

   I really wanted to throw him into the pool.

From Old Norse tak.

• IPA^(key): /tʰaːk/
• Rhymes: -aːk

tak n (genitive singular taks, nominative plural tök)

1. grip, hold

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈtaʔ/
• Rhymes: -aʔ
• Syllabification: tak

tak

1. syncopic form of tidak

• ta'

Onomatopoeic

• (Standard Indonesian)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈtaʔ/
    • Rhymes: -aʔ
  • IPA^(key): /ˈtak/
    • Rhymes: -ak
• Syllabification: tak

tak (plural tak-tak)

1. imitation of the sound of a pitted shell

From Dutch takt, from Latin tāctus.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈtak/
• Rhymes: -ak
• Syllabification: tak

tak (plural tak-tak)

1. (engineering) stroke, cycle, phase; a single movement or thrust of a part (such as a piston) of a machine that moves back and forth; also, the length of this movement

   Synonym: langkah

   motor dua tak ― two-stroke engine

• lejang (Standard Malay)

• “tak” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Borrowed from Burmese တွက် (twak). Cognate with Shan တႂၢၵ်ႈ (twāak).

tak

1. To guess.

• Kurabe, Keita (2016 December 31) “Phonology of Burmese loanwords in Jinghpaw”, in Kyoto University Linguistic Research‎, volume 35, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 91–128

• takò

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *tako.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtak/
• Rhymes: -ak
• Syllabification: tak

tak

1. yes

   Synonym: jo

tak (not comparable)

1. thus, as such

• Stefan Ramułt (1893) “tak”, in Słownik języka pomorskiego czyli kaszubskiego (in Kashubian), page 212
• Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “tak”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎
• “tak”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka , Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

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tak

1. but, but also

tak

1. particle used to reinforce or emphasize a certain word or idea, usually by reducing doubts about it; but... (really), in fact, surely, just

• IPA^(key): /tak/

tak

1. so

• Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “tak”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
• Starosta, Manfred (1999) “tak”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

• x (Internet slang)

Cognate with tidak, dak, from Proto-Malayic *daʔ (compare Indonesian tidak), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *diaq.

• IPA^(key): /taʔ/
• Rhymes: -aʔ

tak (Jawi spelling تق)

1. (informal) not (negates the meaning of the verb)

   Saya tak mahu makan. ― I don't want to eat.

2. (informal) not (to no degree)

   Buku itu tak mahal. ― That book is not expensive.

• (phonetic) IPA^(key):
• (phonemic) IPA^(key): /tˠæk/
• Bender phonemes: {tak}

tak

1. needlefish

• (Rālik) ta

• takin aļ

tak (enclitic)

1. (Ratak) eastward

• Marshallese–English Online Dictionary

From Old Northern French taque, ultimately of Germanic origin, probably from Frankish *takkō, from Proto-Germanic *takkô (“spike, thorn, prickle”).

tak (plural takes)

1. clasp
2. nail
3. A protective metal plate used on a cart to prevent wear.
4. (nautical) tack (a rope used to hold the foremost corner of the sail in place)
5. stability, endurance, steadfastness

• takke, take, tace

• taknail
• takken

• English: tack
• Scots: taik

• “tak, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

From Old Norse taka (“revenue”) (from the verb taka (“to take”)) and from Middle English taken (“to take”), itself from Old Norse.

tak (uncountable)

2. tack (a fee paid to a lord or king for the right to keep swine)

• take, takke, thac; tac (early form)

• English: tack
• Scots: tak, take

• “tak, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

tak (third-person singular simple present takketh, present participle takkende, takkynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle takked)

1. alternative form of takken

tak (plural takes)

1. alternative form of tach

tak (third-person singular simple present taketh, present participle takinge, first-/third-person singular past indicative toke, past participle taken)

1. alternative form of taken

tak

1. alternative form of take: imperative of taken
2. alternative form of taken: past participle of taken

From Old Norse þak, from Proto-Germanic *þaką, from Proto-Indo-European *teg-. Cognate with Old English þæc (“roof, thack, thatch”).

tak n (definite singular taket, indefinite plural tak, definite plural taka or takene)

1. roof
2. ceiling

From Old Norse tak.

tak n (definite singular taket, indefinite plural tak, definite plural taka or takene)

1. grip

• “tak” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

• IPA^(key): /tɑːk/

From Old Norse þak, from Proto-Germanic *þaką, from Proto-Indo-European *teg-. Cognate with Old English þæc (“roof, thack, thatch”).

tak n (definite singular taket, indefinite plural tak, definite plural taka)

1. roof
2. ceiling

From Old Norse tak.

tak n (definite singular taket, indefinite plural tak, definite plural taka)

1. grip

tak

1. imperative of taka

• “tak” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *tako.

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈtak/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈtak/

tak

1. thus, as such, so

• Czech: tak

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “tak”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

Derived from the verb taka (“to take, grab”).

tak n (genitive taks, plural tǫk)

1. grip, hold
2. (wrestling) hold

• orðtak (“phrase, expression”)

• taka f (“taking, capture; seizure, tax; revenue”)

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “tak”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *tako. First attested in the 15th century.

• IPA^(key): (10^th–15^th CE) /tak/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /tak/

tak

1. so, in this way
2. so, to such a degree

tak

1. (in conjunction with jako) as well as, both, and
2. so; therefore, thus
3. (in conjunction with że) but, however
4. in order to
5. (in conjunction with acz) only if

• Polish: tak
• Silesian: tak

• B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “tak”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

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• IPA^(key): /tak/

tak (Perso-Arabic spelling تک)

1. A co-lexicalized intensifier.

• Henrik Liljegren, Naseem Haider (2011) “tak”, in Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)‎, Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN

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Inherited from Old Polish tak. Sense 1 is an ellipsis of tak jest; compare Italian sì.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtak/

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• Rhymes: -ak
• Syllabification: tak
• Homophones: tag, Tag

tak (not comparable)

1. like this; so (in this way)

   Ona mi tak powiedziała. ― She told me so.

   Ja to robię tak. ― I do it like this.

2. so (used for emphasis)

   Było tak ciemno, że nic nie widziałem. ― It was so dark that I couldn't see anything.

   Tak bardzo cię kocham! ― I love you so much!

tak

2. yes

   Synonyms: ano, no

   Antonym: nie

   Zrobiłeś to? - Tak. ― Did you do that? - Yes, (I did).

tak

2. yes; certainly, of course

   Synonyms: owszem, dokładnie, racja, naturalnie, oczywiście, rzeczywiście, w rzeczy samej

   Antonym: nie

According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), tak is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 273 times in scientific texts, 90 times in news, 217 times in essays, 431 times in fiction, and 892 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 1903 times, making it the 21st most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.

• tak in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• tak in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• “TAK”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku , 30.03.2020
• “TAK”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku , 2008 September 5
• Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “tak”, in Słownik języka polskiego
• Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “tak”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1927), “tak”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 8, Warsaw, page 7

akt, kat, tka

From Middle Scots tak, tacke, from Early Scots tak, from Middle English taken (“to take”), from Old English tacan (“to grasp, touch”), a borrowing from Old Norse taka (“to touch, take”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *tēkaną (“to touch”). Tak gradually displaced the native Middle English nimen (“to take”). Cognates include English take and Norn taka. The noun is partly from the verb and partly from Old Norse tak (“grip”) and/or taka (“taking, seizure”), via Middle English tak, take.

• tae

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tak (third-person singular simple present taks, present participle takkin or taein, simple past teuk, past participle taen or takken)

1. (transitive) To take.
   • 1790, Robert Burns, Tam o' Shanter:

     As market days are wearing late, / And folk begin to tak the gate

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2. (transitive) To trip.
3. (transitive) To affect.
4. (transitive) To marry.
5. (transitive) To understand, apprehend, take.

tak (plural taks)

1. capture, catch
2. captive
   1. (fishing) catch, haul
3. grip

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

tak (plural taks)

1. alternative spelling of tack

Borrowed from French taquet.

• IPA^(key): /tâːk/

tȃk m (Cyrillic spelling та̑к)

1. billiard-cue

Borrowed from Italian tacco.

• IPA^(key): /tâk/

tȁk m (Cyrillic spelling та̏к)

2. (regional) shoe heel

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish طاق (tak), from Persian طاق (tâq).

• IPA^(key): /tâk/

tȁk m (Cyrillic spelling та̏к)

2. (regional) arc, arch, vault (of a building)

• “tak”, in Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
• “tak”, in Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Inherited from Old Polish tak.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtak/

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• Rhymes: -ak
• Syllabification: tak

tak

1. like this; so (in this way)
2. so (used for emphasis)

tak

1. used to start a new topic so

tak

1. about, ish, more or less

• tak in silling.org

• IPA^(key): /ˈtak/
• Rhymes: -ak
• Syllabification: tak

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *tako.

tak (not comparable)

1. thus, as such

Borrowed from German Takt.

tak m inan

1. tact (keen perception or discernment)

• Lorentz, Friedrich (1912) “tãk”, in Slovinzisches Wörterbuch‎ (in German), volume 2, Saint Petersburg: ОРЯС ИАН, page 1199

Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:

tak

Wikipedia ^sv

From Old Swedish þak, from Old Norse þak, from Proto-Germanic *þaką, from Proto-Indo-European *teg-.

• IPA^(key): /tɑːk/

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tak n

2. a roof

   Synonym: yttertak

   klättra upp på taket

   climb up on the roof

4. a ceiling

   Synonym: innertak

   ett målat tak

   a painted ceiling

Yttertak and innertak are mostly used in the rare cases where it isn't clear from context whether tak would refer to a roof or a ceiling .

• täcka

• tak in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• tak in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• tak in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

• akt

From Ottoman Turkish طاق (tak), from Arabic طَاق (ṭāq), possibly from Middle Persian *tāk, a variant of tʾg (/⁠tāg⁠/, “arch”) (compare modern Persian طاق (tâq, “arch”)). Doublet of taç (“crown; belt”).

tak

1. arch

• çardak

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “tak¹”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

tak

1. second-person singular imperative of takmak

• IPA^(key): /táɡ/

tak

1. leg

tak

1. to arrange.
2. to tell, inform

From Latin taceō (“I am quiet, rest”).

tak (nominative plural taks)

1. rest, tranquility