yak

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Noun 1.2.1.1 Hyponyms 1.2.1.2 Derived terms 1.2.1.3 Translations 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Alternative spellings 1.3.2 Verb 1.3.2.1 Usage notes 1.3.2.2 Translations 1.3.3 Noun 1.3.3.1 Related terms 1.3.3.2 Translations 1.4 Anagrams 2 Dutch 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Noun 3 French 3.1 Noun 4 Italian 4.1 Noun 4.1.1 Synonyms 5 Spanish 5.1 Noun 6 Turkish 6.1 Verb form

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

Wikipedia

• IPA: /jæk/
• Rhymes: -æk
• Homophones: yack

[edit] Etymology 1

From the Tibetan (gyagk).

[edit] Noun

yak (plural yaks)

1. An ox-like mammal native to the Himalayas and Tibet with dark, long and silky hair a horse like tail and a full, bushy mane.

[edit] Hyponyms

• Bos (mutus) grunniens- Wild yak
• Poephagus grunniens- Domestic yak

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• yak shaving

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[edit] Etymology 2

apparently an onomatopoeia

[edit] Alternative spellings

• yack

[edit] Verb

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

1. To talk, particularly informally but persistently, such as chatter.
2. To vomit, usually as a result of excessive alcohol consumption.

[edit] Usage notes

• This is subject to the typically Australian 'have-a-verb' syntactic construction, as in 'I had a yak last night'. But this does not qualify 'yak' to be nominal.

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[edit] Noun

yak (plural yaks)

1. A talk, particular an informal one such as chattering.
2. (slang) A laugh
3. Vomit.

[edit] Related terms

• yackety-yak

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[edit] Anagrams

• Anagrams of aky
• kay, 'kay, Kay

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[edit] Dutch

[edit] Pronunciation

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[edit] Noun

yak (plural jakken or jaks, diminutive yakje, diminutive plural yakjes)

1. alternative spelling of jak, meaning the bovine yak

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yak m. (plural yaks)

1. alternative spelling of yack, meaning the bovine yak

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[edit] Italian

[edit] Noun

yak m. inv.

1. A yak (bovine)

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• bue tibetano

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[edit] Noun

yak m. singular & plural

1. A yak (bovine)

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[edit] Verb form

yak

1. The imperative of * "kindle"