mak

See also -mak, mąk, mák, and māk

English

Alternative forms

• myek (Geordie), make (Standard English)

Verb

mak (third-person singular simple present maks, present participle makin, simple past and past participle maked or made)

1. (Wearside) to make

References

• A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Bill Griffiths, 2005, Northumbria University Press, ISBN 1904794165

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑk

Verb

mak

1. first-person singular present indicative of makken
2. imperative of makken

Anagrams

• kam

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Kurdish

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian (compare Persian مادر (mâdar), Baluchi مات (mát), Pashto مور (mor), Ossetian мад (mad), Avestan mātar), from Proto-Indo-Iranian (compare Sanskrit मातृ (mā́tṛ), Hindi माता (mātā)), from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr (compare Armenian մայր (mayr), Greek μητέρα (mitéra), Russian мать (mat'), Italian madre, English mother).

Noun

mak gender unspecified

1. mother

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Lojban

Rafsi

mak

1. rafsi of maksi.

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Malay

Alternative forms

• emak, umak, امق, مق, اومق

Etymology

Shortened form of emak, from Proto-Malayic *əma-ʔ, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *əma-ʔ, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *əma-ʔ, from Proto-Sunda-Sulawesi *əma-ʔ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əma-ʔ, from *əma.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /maʔ/
• Rhymes: -maʔ, -aʔ

Noun

mak (Jawi spelling مق)

1. Alternative form of emak.

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North Frisian

Noun

mak

1. kiss

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Polish

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Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *makъ, from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ko-

Pronunciation

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Noun

mak m

1. poppy, any plant of the genus Papaver

Declension

    declension of mak

	singular	plural
nominative	mak	maki
genitive	maku	maków
dative	makowi	makom
accusative	mak	maki
instrumental	makiem	makami
locative	maku	makach
vocative	maku	maki

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Scots

Verb

tae mak (third-person singular simple present maks, present participle makkin, simple past made or makkit, past participle made or makkit)

1. to make

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *makъ, from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂kos.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /mâk/

Noun

mȁk m (Cyrillic spelling ма̏к)

1. poppy

Declension

    declension of mak

	singular	plural
nominative	mȁk	màkovi
genitive	maka	makova
dative	maku	makovima
accusative	mak	makove
vocative	mače	makovi
locative	maku	makovima
instrumental	makom	makovima

Derived terms

• makòvnjača

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Slovak

Noun

mak m

1. poppy

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Slovene

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Noun

mak m inan.

1. poppy

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Swedish

Etymology

Old Swedish mak, cognate with Danish mag, Middle Low German mak, German Gemach, assumed to originate from an unattested Old Swedish adjective maker (easy, calm, fit, suiting, appropriate), cognate with Icelandic makr, Old English gemæc, related to German verb machen (to make)

Noun

mak n

1. a state of leisure; almost exclusively used in the expression:

   i sakta mak

   slowly, without hurry

Declension

• Nowadays never inflected, but historically with the definite form maket.

Related terms

• gemak
• maklig

References

• mak in Svenska Akademiens Ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)
• mak in Svenska Akademiens ordbok online.

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Tok Pisin

Etymology 1

From German Mark.

Noun

mak

1. (obsolete) shilling

Etymology 2

From English mark.

Noun

mak

1. sign, brand, mark, symbol

Verb

mak

1. to mark

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West Frisian

Adjective

mak

1. obedient
2. tame