kåk

See also: kak, kaak, käk, k’áak’, and как

Swedish

Etymology

Probably from an older sense, meaning a pole where different punishments were carried out on; probably denoting the structure or scaffolding the pole were raised on. If so, then inherited from Old Swedish kaker, from Middle Low German kāk.

Noun

kåk c

1. (slang) house, building (often of bad quality or damaged)
2. (slang) prison
3. (poker) full house, a combination of a pair and three-of-a-kind

Declension

Declension of kåk
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	kåk	kåken	kåkar	kåkarna
Genitive	kåks	kåkens	kåkars	kåkarnas

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Welsh Romani

Noun

kåk m

1. uncle

Derived terms

• båro kåk
• kåkesko
• phureder kåk
• pårno kåk

 

References

• “kåk” in Welsh Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.