baks

Cimbrian

Etymology

From Middle High German wahs, from Old High German wahs, from Proto-Germanic *wahsą. Cognate with German Wachs, Dutch was, English wax, Icelandic vax.

Noun

baks m

1. (Sette Comuni) wax

   Often dar baks machet skliiban zobia de haut bon banaan.

   Wax is often slippery, like a banana peel.

Derived terms

• baksan

References

• “baks” in Martalar, Umberto Martello, Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paks/

Etymology 1

Back-formation from baksa (“to toil, to struggle”).

Noun

baks n (genitive singular baks, no plural)

1. toil, struggle, hard work

   Synonyms: erfiði, strit, streð, púl, puð, basl

Declension

declension of baks

n-s	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	baks	baksið
accusative	baks	baksið
dative	baksi	baksinu
genitive	baks	baksins

Etymology 2

Inflected form of bak (“back”).

Noun

Template:is-noun form n

1. indefinite genitive singular of bak

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Polish

Etymology

From the (deprecated template usage) [etyl] English plural of buck (“dollar”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baks/

Noun

1. (colloquial, slightly dated) U.S. dollar

Declension

Declension of baks

	singular	plural
nominative	baks	baksy
genitive	baksa	baksów
dative	baksowi	baksom
accusative	baksa	baksy
instrumental	baksem	baksami
locative	baksie	baksach
vocative	baksie	baksy

Synonyms

• dolec, zielony

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Swedish

Noun

baks

1. (deprecated template usage) indefinite genitive singular of bak
2. (deprecated template usage) indefinite genitive plural of bak

Anagrams

• bask