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See also: Yak, -yak, yák, yäk, yäk-, yək, and þak

English

Yaks in Tibet

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

Borrowed from Tibetan གཡག (g.yag), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g-jak ~ g-jaŋ.

Noun

yak (plural yak or yaks)

  1. An ox-like mammal native to the Himalayas, Mongolia, Burma, and Tibet with dark, long, and silky hair, a horse-like tail, and a full, bushy mane.
    • 2008, Scott R. R. Haskell, Blackwell's Five-Minute Veterinary Consult: Ruminant, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 619:
      Utilization efficiency of dietary protein in the yak differs with diet composition and feeding level, age, sex, body condition score, and animal production level (e.g., growth, lactation). Researchers reported no difference between lactating and dry cows in crude protein digestibility, although lactating yak tend to consume more feed than dry yak.
    • 2004, Wilson G. Pond, Encyclopedia of Animal Science (Print), CRC Press, →ISBN, page 899:
      Attempts are now being made, by selection, to create a new breed of yak (the Datong yak) from such crosses. Hybridization of domestic yak with local cattle, at intermediate elevations, has been practiced for generations. The hybrids inherit some of the good characteristics from each species, but lack the adaptation of the yak to the harsh conditions at higher elevations.
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Etymology 2

Apparently an onomatopoeia.

Alternative forms

Verb

yak (third-person singular simple present yaks, present participle yakking, simple past and past participle yakked)

  1. (slang, intransitive) To talk, particularly informally but persistently; to chatter or prattle.
    • 1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter XI, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, →OCLC:
      “You'll like Poppet. Nice dog. Wears his ears inside out. Why do dachshunds wear their ears inside out?” “I could not say, sir.” “Nor me. I've often wondered. But this won't do, Jeeves. Here we are, yakking about Jezebels and dachshunds, when we ought to be concentrating our minds […]
    • 2001, Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections:
      And in the last few days Clair's boundless capacity to yak about herself while Melissa listened had turned Chip against her, too.
  2. (slang, intransitive) To vomit, usually as a result of excessive alcohol consumption.
    • 1998, Tim Herlihy, The Wedding Singer, spoken by Glenn Guglia (Matthew Glave):
      She'll feel better when she yaks.
Translations

Noun

yak (countable and uncountable, plural yaks)

  1. (slang) A talk, particular an informal talk; chattering; gossip.
    • 1962, Ian Fleming, chapter 9, in The Spy Who Loved Me:
      Sluggsy said indifferently, ‘You’ll be wised up come morning. Meanwhiles, howsabout shuttin’ that dumb little hashtrap of yours? All this yak is bending my ear. I want some action.
    • 1983, Nicolas Freeling, The Back of the North Wind, →ISBN:
      The sudden head-down butt jabbed into someone’s face, is a highly effective way of putting a stop to his yack.
  2. (slang) A laugh.
    • 1951, Fredric Brown, Mack Reynolds, Cartoonist:
      Would-be gags from would-be gagsters. And, nine chances out of ten, not a yak in the lot.
  3. (slang) Vomit.
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Etymology 3

Shortening.

Noun

yak (plural yaks)

  1. (slang) A kayak.

Etymology 4

Shortening.

Noun

yak (plural yaks)

  1. (slang) cognac.
    • 2018 November 30, “Bits” (track 10), in Original Sounds‎, performed by Bru-C and Window Kid:
      Quick cash, flip that, now I got big cash. Sit back, sip yak with a next piff yat.

Anagrams

Choctaw

Adverb

yak

  1. thus

References

  • Cyrus Byington, A Dictionary of the Choctaw Language

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

yak m (plural yakken or yaks, diminutive yakje n)

  1. Alternative spelling of jak

French

Pronunciation

Noun

yak m (plural yaks)

  1. Alternative spelling of yack

Further reading

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Tibetan གཡག (g.yag), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g-jak ~ g-jaŋ.

Noun

yak m (invariable)

  1. a yak (bovine)
    Synonym: bue tibetano

Kokborok

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Bodo-Garo *yak (“hand; arm”). Cognate with Garo jak (“hand”).

Noun

yak

  1. hand

References

  • Debbarma, Binoy (2001) “yak”, in Concise Kokborok-English-Bengali Dictionary‎, Language Wing, Education Department, TTAADC, →ISBN, page 142

Manx

Etymology

Borrowed from English yak, from Tibetan གཡག (g.yag), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g-jak ~ g-jaŋ.

Noun

yak m (genitive singular yak, plural yakkyn)

  1. yak

Q'eqchi

Noun

yak

  1. lynx

Further reading

  • Ch'ina tusleb' aatin q'eqchi'-kaxlan aatin ut kaxlan aatin-q'eqchi' (Guatemala, 1998)

Romanian

Alternative forms

Noun

yak m (plural yaci)

  1. yak (bovine mammal)

Savi

Etymology

From Sanskrit एक (eka).

Numeral

yak

  1. (cardinal number) one

References

  • Nina Knobloch (2020) A grammar sketch of Sauji: An Indo-Aryan language of Afghanistan‎, Stockholm University

Spanish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Tibetan གཡག (g.yag), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g-jak ~ g-jaŋ.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʝak/
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈʃak/
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʒak/

  • Rhymes: -ak
  • Syllabification: yak

Noun

yak m (plural yak or yaks)

  1. yak (bovine)

Further reading

Tagalog

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English yuck.

Interjection

yak (Baybayin spelling ᜌᜃ᜔)

  1. used to indicate disgust or nausea: yuck; ew
    Synonym: kadiri
    Yak! Minamanyak niya 'yong babae!
    Yuck! He's perverting that girl!

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English yak, from Tibetan གཡག (g.yag).

Noun

yak (Baybayin spelling ᜌᜃ᜔)

  1. yak (mammal)

Turkish

Etymology

From English yak, from Tibetan གཡག (g.yag), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g-jak ~ g-jaŋ.

Noun

yak (definite accusative yakı, plural yaklar)

  1. yak (ox-like mammal)

Synonyms

Uzbek

Other scripts
Cyrillic як (yak)‍
Latin ‍
Perso-Arabic

Etymology

Inherited from Chagatai یَک, from Classical Persian یَک (yak).

Numeral

yak

  1. one
    Synonym: bir
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