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# To talk, particularly informally. |
# To talk, particularly informally. |
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# To vomit, usually as a result of consuming alcohol. |
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#:Note: ''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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====Alternative spellings==== |
====Alternative spellings==== |
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Revision as of 03:43, 28 June 2005
English
Noun
yak
- 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.
Scientific name
- Bos (mutus) grunniens- Wild yak
- Poephagus grunniens- Domestic yak
Translations
- Dutch: yak m
- Interlingua: yak
- Japanese: ヤク (yaku)
- Mongolian: сарлаг (sarlag)
- Polish: jak m
- Spanish: jak?
- Slovenian: jak
- Swedish: jak
- Tibetan: གཡག་ (gyag)
Verb
to yak (yakking/yakked)
- To talk, particularly informally.
- To vomit, usually as a result of consuming alcohol.
- Note: 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.
Alternative spellings
Noun
yack (yakked, yakked)
- A talk, particular an informal one.