mak

See also: Mak, mák, māk, måk, mąk, and -mak

English

Alternative forms

• myek (Geordie), make (Standard English)

Verb

mak (third-person singular simple present maks, present participle makin, simple past and past participle maked or made)

1. (Wearside, dialectal) to make

References

• A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Bill Griffiths, 2005, Northumbria University Press, →ISBN

Anagrams

• KAM, KMA, kam

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Car Nicobarese

Etymology

Suggested by Pinnow to derive from an earlier form um-dak, where the second element is cognate to Mundari दाः (dāḥ). The first element may be cognate to U ʔóm and/or Khasi um.

Noun

mak

1. water (salt or fresh)
2. stream

References

• George Whitehead, Dictionary of the Car-Nicobarese Language (1925)
• 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

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɑk/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɑk

Adjective

mak (comparative makker, superlative makst)

1. tame (domesticated, tamed)
2. calm, tame (in a calm state of mind. not agitated)

Verb

mak

1. first-person singular present indicative of makken
2. imperative of makken

Anagrams

• kam

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Kurdish

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian (compare Persian مادر‎ (mâdar), Baluchi مات‎ (mát), Pashto مور‎ (mor), Ossetian мад (mad), Avestan 𐬨𐬁𐬙𐬀𐬭‎ (mātar)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian (compare Sanskrit मातृ (mā́tṛ), Hindi माता (mātā)), from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr (compare Armenian մայր (mayr), Greek μητέρα (mitéra), Russian мать (matʹ), Italian madre, English mother).

Noun

mak ?

1. mother

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Lower Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *makъ, from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ko-

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mak/

Noun

mak m

1. poppy (“any plant of the genus Papaver”)
2. poppyseed

Declension

Declension of mak

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	mak	maka	maki
Genitive	maka	makowu	makow
Dative	makoju	makoma	makam
Accusative	mak	maka	maki
Instrumental	makom	makoma	makami
Locative	maku	makoma	makach

Derived terms

• mack
• makaty
• makowaty
• makowy

Further reading

• mak in Ernst Muka/Mucke (St. Petersburg and Prague 1911–28): Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow / Wörterbuch der nieder-wendischen Sprache und ihrer Dialekte. Reprinted 2008, Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag.
• mak in Manfred Starosta (1999): Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag.

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Malay

Alternative forms

• emak, umak, امق‎, مق‎, اومق‎

Etymology

Shortened form of emak, from Proto-Malayic *əma-ʔ, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *əma-ʔ, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *əma-ʔ, from Proto-Sunda-Sulawesi *əma-ʔ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əma-ʔ, from *əma.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

mak (Jawi spelling مق‎, plural mak-mak, third person possessive maknya)

1. Alternative form of emak

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North Frisian

Noun

mak

1. kiss

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Polish

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *makъ, from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂kos

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mak/

• audio

  (file)

Noun

mak m inan (diminutive maczek)

1. poppy, any plant of the genus Papaver

Declension

declension of mak

	singular	plural
nominative	mak	maki
genitive	maku	maków
dative	makowi	makom
accusative	mak	maki
instrumental	makiem	makami
locative	maku	makach
vocative	maku	maki

Further reading

• mak in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Scots

Verb

mak (third-person singular present maks, present participle makkin, past made or makkit, past participle made or makkit)

1. to make

   Mony fowk drink tae mak thaimselves feel blithe.

   Many people drink to make themselves feel happy.

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *makъ, from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂kos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mâk/

Noun

mȁk m (Cyrillic spelling ма̏к)

1. poppy

Declension

Declension of mak

	singular	plural
nominative	mȁk	màkovi
genitive	maka	makova
dative	maku	makovima
accusative	mak	makove
vocative	mače	makovi
locative	maku	makovima
instrumental	makom	makovima

Derived terms

• makòvnjača

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Slovak

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *makъ, from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ko-

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmak/

Noun

mak m (genitive singular maku, nominative plural maky, genitive plural makov, declension pattern of dub)

1. poppy

Declension

Declension of mak

	singular	plural
nominative	mak	maky
genitive	maku	makov
dative	maku	makom
accusative	mak	maky
locative	maku	makoch
instrumental	makom	makmi

Derived terms

• makový
• mačný, máčny
• máčik
• mačíček

Further reading

• mak in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

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Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *makъ, from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ko-

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmák/, /ˈmáːk/
• Tonal orthography: mȁk, mȃk

Noun

màk or mák m inan (genitive máka, nominative plural máki)

1. poppy

Declension

Declension of màk (masculine inan., hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	màk	máka	máki
accusative	màk	máka	máke
genitive	máka	mákov	mákov
dative	máku	mákoma	mákom
locative	máku	mákih	mákih
instrumental	mákom	mákoma	máki

Declension of mák (masculine inan., hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	mák	máka	máki
accusative	mák	máka	máke
genitive	máka	mákov	mákov
dative	máku	mákoma	mákom
locative	máku	mákih	mákih
instrumental	mákom	mákoma	máki

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Swedish

Etymology

Old Swedish mak, cognate with Danish mag, Middle Low German mak, German Gemach, assumed to originate from an unattested Old Swedish adjective maker (easy, calm, fit, suiting, appropriate), cognate with Icelandic makr, Old English gemæc, related to German verb machen (to make)

Noun

mak n

1. a state of leisure; almost exclusively used in the expression:

   i sakta mak

   slowly, without hurry

Declension

• Nowadays never inflected, but historically with the definite form maket.

Related terms

• gemak
• maklig

References

• mak in Svenska Akademiens Ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)
• mak in Svenska Akademiens ordbok online.

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Tok Pisin

Etymology 1

Borrowed from German Mark.

Noun

mak

1. (obsolete) shilling

Etymology 2

From English mark.

Noun

mak

1. sign, brand, mark, symbol

Verb

mak

1. to mark

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West Frisian

Adjective

mak

1. obedient
2. tame

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Zhuang

Pronunciation

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /maːk˧˥/
• Tone numbers: mak⁷
• Hyphenation: mak

Etymology 1

From Proto-Tai *ʰmaːkᴰ (“fruit”). Cognate with Thai หมาก (màak), Lao ໝາກ (māk), Lü ᦖᦱᧅ (ṁaak), Shan မၢၵ်ႇ (màak).

Noun

mak (old orthography mak)

1. fruit; nut

Derived terms

Terms derived from mak

• makbenjdauz
• makbingzgoj
• makbizbaz
• makbug
• makbugdiengz
• makcaujcij
• makdauz
• makdoengj
• makdumh
• makfiengz
• makgak
• makgam

• makgyaeuq
• makgyamj
• makhaeuq
• makhwzdauz
• makit
• maklaeq
• maklangz
• makleiz
• maklozhan
• makmaenj
• makmanghgoj
• makmbi

• maknam
• maknganx
• maknim
• maknimhenj
• makningzmungx
• makraem
• makseq
• maksigloux
• makvengj
• makyid
• makyungz

Etymology 2

Noun

mak (old orthography mak)

1. kidney

   Synonyms: samndaen, iucij

Etymology 3

Noun

mak (old orthography mak)

1. smallpox
2. cowpox
3. smallpox vaccine