dak

See also: Appendix:Variations of "dak"

Translingual

Symbol

dak

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Dakota.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Dakota terms

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Hindustani डाक / ڈاک (ḍāk).

Alternative forms

• dâk (obsolete)
• dawk (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• (India) IPA^(key): /ɖɑːk/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɑːk

Noun

dak (plural daks)

1. (South Asia) A post system by means of transport relays of horses stationed at intervals along a route or network, carrying mail and passengers.
   • 1886 November 23, Rudyard Kipling, “The Arrest of Lieutenant Golightly”, in Plain Tales from the Hills, Calcutta: Thacker, Spink and Co.; London: W. Thacker & Co., published 1888, →OCLC, pages 117–118:

     He prided himself on looking neat even when he was riding dâks.

2. (South Asia) A dak bungalow.
   • 1936, F.J. Thwaites, chapter XV, in The Redemption, Sydney: H. John Edwards, published 1940, page 161:

     Gaining the dak, they were joined on the veranda by four tight-lipped men.

3. (South Asia, obsolete) A journey using the dak system.
   • 1889, Rudyard Kipling, “A Wayside Comedy”, in Under the Deodars, Boston: The Greenock Press, published 1899, page 65:

     “What are you going to do?” said the woman, between her sobs. “Do! Nothing. What should I do? Kill Kurrell or send you Home, or apply for leave to get a divorce? It's two days' dâk into Narkarra.”

Derived terms

• dak bungalow

Etymology 2

Back-formation from daks.

Alternative forms

• dack

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dæk/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Verb

dak (third-person singular simple present daks, present participle dakking, simple past and past participle dakked)

1. (Australia, informal) To suddenly pull down someone's pants as a prank; to pants.
   • 1995, Simon Petrie, Pointy-Enders, page 172:

     'That Phillip (names another child) “dakked” Trevor.' 'But I've already spoken with Brendan and with Phillip, and they say that it was you who “dakked” Trevor.' 'No. He did it to me first, ay?' 'First? You mean he “dakked” you before you “dakked” him?'

Anagrams

• DKA

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch dak, from Old Dutch *thak, from Proto-Germanic *þaką, from Proto-Indo-European *teg-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dak/

• Audio:

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Noun

dak (plural dakke, diminutive dakkie)

1. roof

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *dauka, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰew-, further related to Lithuanian dvékti (“to breathe”), dvākas (“breath”). Related to dash.

Noun

dak m (plural daqe, definite daku, definite plural daqet)

1. big ram

Related terms

• dash

Central Nicobarese

Noun

dak

1. water

References

• Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society (2002), page 80: In Car-Nicobarese mak. Central Nic. dak, Chowra rak, 'water', […]
• Heinz-Jürgen Pinnow, The Position of the Munda Languages within the Austroasiatic Language Family (1963), page 149: Nancowry daak

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch dac, from Old Dutch thak, from Proto-West Germanic *þak, from Proto-Germanic *þaką, from Proto-Indo-European *teg-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɑk/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: dak
• Rhymes: -ɑk

Noun

dak n (plural daken, diminutive dakje n or (rare) daakje n)

1. roof

Derived terms

• afdak
• autodak
• bladerdak
• dakbedekker
• dakconcert
• dakdeel
• dakdekker
• dakgoot
• dakhaas
• dakisolatie
• dakkapel
• dakkoffer
• daklat
• daklekkage
• dakloof
• daklook
• dakloos
• dakloze
• dakpan
• dakraam
• dakrand
• dakriet
• dakspar
• dakterras
• daktuin
• dakwerker
• grasdak
• groen dak
• koepeldak
• lessenaarsdak
• mosdak
• pannendak
• panoramadak
• piramidedak
• puntdak
• rokersafdak
• schaliedak
• schedeldak
• schooldak
• schuifdak
• sedumdak
• strodak
• tentdak
• uit zijn dak gaan
• vegetatiedak
• zaagtanddak
• zadeldak
• zonnedak

Related terms

• dekken

Descendants

• Afrikaans: dak
• Negerhollands: dak
• → Caribbean Hindustani: dák
• → Caribbean Javanese: dag
• → Indonesian: dak
• → Papiamentu: dak
• → Sranan Tongo: daki

Eastern Mnong

Etymology

From Proto-Bahnaric /*ɗaːk/, from Proto-Austroasiatic *ɗaːkʔ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /daːk/

Noun

dak

1. water
2. lake

Derived terms

• dak Lak (“Lak Lake”)

Indonesian

Etymology 1

Unadapted borrowing from Dutch dak, from Middle Dutch dac, from Old Dutch thak, from Proto-Germanic *þaką.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈdak/ [ˈdak̚]
• Rhymes: -ak
• Syllabification: dak

Noun

dak (plural dak-dak)

1. roof (the top external level of a building)

   Synonym: pelat lantai

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈdaʔ/ [ˈdaʔ]
• Syllabification: dak

Adverb

dak

1. (chiefly dialectal) alternative form of tidak

Further reading

• “dak”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Kashubian

Dak

Etymology

Borrowed from German Low German Dack.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdak/
• Rhymes: -ak
• Syllabification: dak

Noun

dak m inan (diminutive daczk or dakùszk or daczuszk, related adjective dakòwi)

1. roof (cover at the top of a building)

   Synonym: (dialectal) dach

Declension

Declension of dak

	singular	plural
nominative	dak	daczi
genitive	dakù	daków
dative	dakòwi	dakóm
accusative	dak	daczi
instrumental	dakã	dakama
locative	dakù	dakach
vocative	dak/dakù	daczi

Derived terms

nouns

• dakôrz

Further reading

• Stefan Ramułt (1893), “dak”, in Słownik języka pomorskiego czyli kaszubskiego (in Kashubian), page 23
• Sychta, Bernard (1967), “dak”, in Słownik gwar kaszubskich [Dictionary of Kashubian dialects] (in Polish), volumes 1 (A – Ǵ), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 185
• Jan Trepczyk (1994), “dach”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2
• Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011), Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎^[3]
• “dak”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

Korwa

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Munda *daˀk, from Proto-Austroasiatic *ɗaːk.

Noun

dak

1. water

References

• Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society (2002), page 80

Malay

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /daʔ/
• Rhymes: -daʔ, -aʔ

Etymology 1

Cognate with Clipping of tidak, tak, from Proto-Malayic *daʔ (compare Indonesian tidak), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *diaq.

Adverb

dak

1. (informal) not (negates meaning of verb)

   Saya dak mahu makan.

   I don't want to eat.

2. (informal) not (To no degree)

   Buku itu dak mahal.

   That book is not expensive.

Etymology 2

Clipping of budak.

Noun

dak (plural dak-dak or dak²)

1. (colloquial) apheretic form of budak.

Article

dak

1. (dialectal, Malacca) A title generally for a younger person or peer, used before a person's name.

   Synonym: si

   Dak Anep tu ada je kat rumah. ― (That) Anep is still at the house.

Further reading

• "dak" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

Maltese

Alternative forms

• daka

Etymology

From Arabic ذَاكَ (ḏāka).

Determiner

dak (feminine dik, plural dawk)

1. that

Marshallese

Etymology

Borrowed from English duck.

Pronunciation

• (phonetics) IPA^(key): [rʲɑk]
• (phonemic) IPA^(key): /rʲæk/
• Bender phonemes: {dak}

Noun

dak

1. a duck

References

• Marshallese–English Online Dictionary

Semai

Etymology

From Proto-Aslian [Term?], from Proto-Mon-Khmer *ɗak (“trap; to trap”).

Noun

dak

1. trap

Semelai

Etymology

From Proto-Aslian [Term?], from Proto-Mon-Khmer *ɗaak (“water, liquid”).

Noun

dak

1. water

References

• Nicole Kruspe, A Grammar of Semelai (2004)

Wantoat

Noun

dak

1. blood

References

• Quigley et al. 2012. Wantoat Trilingual Dictionary- Wantoat to Tok Pisin and Wantoat to English. Ms. 213pp.

Wutunhua

Etymology

Borrowed from Tibetan སྟག (stag).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tɐx]

Noun

dak

1. tiger

References

• Erika Sandman (2016), A Grammar of Wutun‎^[4], University of Helsinki (PhD), →ISBN