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) Alternative form of make

References

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

Anagrams

• AMK, 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:

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• 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. (deprecated template usage) first-person singular present indicative of makken
2. (deprecated template usage) imperative of makken

Anagrams

• kam

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Kurdish

Etymology

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

Noun

1. mother

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Lower Sorbian

Etymology

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

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

• Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “mak”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
• Starosta, Manfred (1999) “mak”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), 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 , from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əma-ʔ, from *əma.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

mak (Jawi spelling مق, plural mak-mak, informal 1st possessive makku, 2nd possessive makmu, 3rd possessive maknya)

1. Alternative form of emak

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Middle English

Verb

mak

1. Alternative form of maken

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North Frisian

Noun

mak

1. kiss

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mak/

• audio:

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Etymology 1

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

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

Etymology 2

Noun

1. (slang) McDonald's restaurant

   Niedawno otworzyli maka koło mnie. ― They recently opened a McDonald's near me.

2. (slang, by extension) food from McDonald's

Declension

Declension of mak

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

Further reading

• mak in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• Template:R:PWN

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Scots

Verb

mak (third-person singular simple present maks, present participle makkin, simple 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 *meh₂kos

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

• mačíček
• máčik
• mačný, máčny
• makový

 

Further reading

• “mak”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

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Slovene

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mák/, /máːk/

Noun

mȁk or mȃk m inan

1. poppy

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nom. sing.	màk
gen. sing.	máka
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	màk	máka	máki
genitive (rodȋlnik)	máka	mákov	mákov
dative (dajȃlnik)	máku	mákoma	mákom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	màk	máka	máke
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	máku	mákih	mákih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	mákom	mákoma	máki

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nom. sing.	mák
gen. sing.	máka
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	mák	máka	máki
genitive (rodȋlnik)	máka	mákov	mákov
dative (dajȃlnik)	máku	mákoma	mákom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	mák	máka	máke
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	máku	mákih	mákih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	mákom	mákoma	máki

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Swedish

Etymology

From 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 (SAOL)
• mak in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• kam

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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

Inflection

Inflection of mak
uninflected	mak
inflected	makke
comparative	makker
		positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial		mak	makker	it makst it makste
indefinite	c. sing.	makke	makkere	makste
	n. sing.	mak	makker	makste
	plural	makke	makkere	makste
definite		makke	makkere	makste
partitive		maks	makkers	—

Further reading

• “mak”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

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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 (1957–1982 spelling mak)

1. fruit; nut

Derived terms

• makit
• makbenjdauz
• makbizbaz
• makbingzgoj
• makbug
• makbugdiengz
• makcaujcij
• makdauz
• makdoengj
• makdumh
• makfiengz
• makgak
• makgam
• makgyamj
• makgyaeuq
• makhaeuq
• makhwzdauz
• maklangz
• maklaeq
• makleiz
• maklozhan
• makmanghgoj
• makmaenj
• makmbi
• maknam
• maknim
• maknimhenj
• makningzmungx
• maknganx
• makraem
• makseq
• maksigloux
• makvengj
• makyid
• makyungz

 

Etymology 2

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Noun

mak (1957–1982 spelling mak)

1. kidney

   Synonyms: (dialectal) samndaen, (dialectal) iucij

Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

mak (1957–1982 spelling mak)

1. smallpox
2. cowpox
3. smallpox vaccine