kakkerlak

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch kakkerlak.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.kər.lak/

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Noun

kakkerlak (plural kakkerlakke, diminutive kakkerlakkie)

1. cockroach (insect)

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Dutch

Etymology

From kacker, a contemptuous term derived from kakken (“to shit, defecate”), and lacker (“talker, freeloader”), from likken (“to lick”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑ.kərˌlɑk/

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• Hyphenation: kak‧ker‧lak

Noun

kakkerlak m (plural kakkerlakken, diminutive kakkerlakje n)

1. cockroach (certain non-termite insect of the order Blattodea)
2. (derogatory) contemptible person
3. (soccer, colloquial, often derogatory) supporter of Feyenoord

Descendants

• Afrikaans: kakkerlak
• Berbice Creole Dutch: kakalaka
• Negerhollands: kakerlaker, kakelak
  • → Virgin Islands Creole: kakalaka, kakaroachee (dated)
• Skepi Creole Dutch: kakalaka
• → Lokono: kakalaka
• → Caribbean Hindustani: calcattá
• → Danish: kakerlak
• → Indonesian: kakerlak
• → Papiamentu: kakalaka
• → Sranan Tongo: kakalaka
  • → Saramaccan: ahalakpákpa