kak

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

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Khmer កាក់ (kak).

Noun

kak (plural kaks)

1. A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Cambodian riel.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Afrikaans kak (“shit”), from Dutch kak (“shit”).

Noun

kak (uncountable)

1. (South Africa, slang) Shit.
   • 2008, Lauren Beukes, Moxyland, Jacana Media, →ISBN, pages 102–103:

     ‘You a cop? You with the guy inside?’ the shoppie says, bending his knees to talk to me confidentially. ‘Cos it was legitimate, okay? Bitch started pulling down the merchandise, falling around. Dronkie. She's been in here before, causing kak. Stealing shit. And how long is your friend gonna be in there anyway?’

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Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch kakken (verb) and kak (noun).

Verb

kak (present kak, present participle kakkende, past participle gekak)

1. (vulgar) shit

Noun

kak (uncountable)

1. (vulgar) shit

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Cebuano

Etymology

From English cock, from Middle English cok, from Old English coc, cocc (“cock, male bird”), from Proto-Germanic *kukkaz (“cock”), probably of onomatopoeic origin.

Verb

kak

1. to prepare a firearm for firing
2. (colloquial) to reach inside one's pants to adjust the penis especially during an unwanted erection

Noun

kak

1. the sound of a cocking firearm

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɑk/

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• Hyphenation: kak
• Rhymes: -ɑk

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch cac, deverbal from cacken.

Noun

kak m (uncountable, diminutive kakje n)

1. (vulgar) shit
2. (vulgar, informal) arrogance

Synonyms

• (shit): poep

Derived terms

• kakkerig
• kakmadam
• kouwe kak

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

kak

1. (deprecated template usage) first-person singular present indicative of kakken
2. (deprecated template usage) imperative of kakken

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Livonian

Etymology

Akin to Finnish kaakku.

Noun

kak

1. cake

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Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kak]

Adverb

kak

1. how

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Malay

Etymology

Shortened form of kakak.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

kak

1. older sister
2. term of address for a female acquaintance who is older but in the same generation
3. older sibling (rare)
4. older brother (rare)

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Serbo-Croatian

Adverb

kak (Cyrillic spelling как)

1. (Kajkavian) how
2. (Kajkavian) as, like

Conjunction

kak

1. (Kajkavian) as, like

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Turkish

Verb

kak

1. second-person singular imperative of kakmak

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Volapük

Noun

kak (nominative plural kaks)

1. cocoa

Declension

declension of kak

	singular	plural
nominative	kak	kaks
genitive	kaka	kakas
dative	kake	kakes
accusative	kaki	kakis
vocative 1	o kak!	o kaks!
predicative 2	kaku	kakus

• ¹ status as a case is disputed
• ² in later, non-classical Volapük only