bakkie
See also: Bakkie
English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Afrikaans bakkie, from informal Northern Dutch bakkie, from bak + -ie (“-y, -ey”, diminutive suffix).
Noun
bakkie (plural bakkies)
- (Namibia, South Africa) A pick-up truck or ute, generally open, possibly fitted with a removable canopy or similar accessories, but distinct from a large truck and from a van or similar small utility vehicle.
Translations
any light delivery vehicle
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Afrikaans bak (“bowl, dish”).
Noun
bakkie (plural bakkies)
- (South Africa) A covered small bowl, such as 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
- https://web.archive.org/web/20050728130554/http://www.doubletongued.org/index.php/dictionary/comments/805/
- 1978 A Dictionary of South African English. Edited Jean Branford. Oxford.
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
Noun
bakkie (plural bakkies)
- A bakkie (pick-up truck or ute)
- diminutive of bak
Descendants
- → English: bakkie
Dutch
Pronunciation
Noun
bakkie n (plural bakkies)
- (Netherlands, colloquial) Alternative form of bakje.
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