bakkie

See also: Bakkie

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -æki

Etymology 1

Borrowing from Afrikaans bakkie, from dialectal Dutch bakkie, from bak (“a tough/cool car”, slang) + -ie (“-y, -ey”, diminutive suffix).

Noun

bakkie (plural bakkies)

1. (Namibia, South Africa) Any light delivery vehicle, such as a pick-up truck.

Translations

any light delivery vehicle

• Afrikaans: bakkie (af)

• German: Bakkie (de) m

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Afrikaans bak (“bowl, dish”).

Noun

bakkie (plural bakkies)

1. (South Africa) A covered bowl, similar to a Tupperware container.
   • 2007, Bree O'Mara, Home Affairs, page 148:

     That done, she passed around a bakkie of home-made chocolate biscuits to all the girls.

References

• http://www.doubletongued.org/index.php/dictionary/comments/805/
• 1978 A Dictionary of South African English. Edited Jean Branford. Oxford.

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɑ.ki/

Noun

bakkie n (plural bakkies)

1. (Netherlands, colloquial) Alternative form of bakje.