kakkerlak
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Afrikaans[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
kakkerlak (plural kakkerlakke, diminutive kakkerlakkie)
- cockroach (insect)
Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From kacker, a contemptuous term derived from kakken (“to shit, defecate”), and lacker (“talker, freeloader”), from likken (“to lick”).[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
kakkerlak m (plural kakkerlakken, diminutive kakkerlakje n)
- cockroach (certain non-termite insect of the order Blattodea)
- (derogatory) contemptible person
- (soccer, colloquial, often derogatory) supporter of Feyenoord
Descendants[edit]
- Afrikaans: kakkerlak
- Berbice Creole Dutch: kakalaka
- Negerhollands: kakerlaker, kakelak
- → Virgin Islands Creole: kakalaka, kakaroachee (dated)
- Skepi Creole Dutch: kakalaka
- → Lokono: kakalaka
- → Aukan: kakaaka
- → Caribbean Hindustani: calcattá
- → Danish: kakerlak
- → Indonesian: kakerlak
- → Papiamentu: kakalaka
- → Sranan Tongo: kakalaka
- → Saramaccan: ahalakpákpa
References[edit]
- ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “kakkerlak”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
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