nak

See also: Appendix:Variations of "nak"

Translingual

Symbol

nak

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Nakanai.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Nakanai terms

English

Noun

nak (plural naks)

1. A female yak.

Anagrams

• Kan, Kan., NKA, kan, nka

Ahtna

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *nəɢ. Cognate with Navajo -NAʼ (“a flat flexible object moves”).

Root

nak

1. a fabric-like object moves independently

Stem set

Aspect	Imperfective	Perfective	Future	Optative
Momentaneous	naex	nak	nax	naex
Distributive	nak	nak	nak	nak
Customary	nax	nax	nax	nax

References

• Kari, James (1990), Ahtna Athabaskan Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, page 293

Antigua and Barbuda Creole English

Alternative forms

• naak, nok

Verb

nak

1. alternative spelling of naak

Dutch

Etymology

Back-formation from nakkie.

Noun

nak c (plural nakken, diminutive nakje n)

1. (slang) a bump or small line of an insufflated drug

Usage notes

Commonly used in the diminutive, including the usual form nakkie (which resembles and is sometimes reinterpreted as a diminutive).

Coordinate terms

• lijn
• sleutelpunt

Related terms

• nakken

Epigraphic Mayan

Verb

nak

1. to conquer

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /naʔ/
• Rhymes: -aʔ
• Hyphenation: na

Noun

nak

1. apheretic form of anak (“son; daughter”)

Verb

nak (dialectal)

1. abbreviation of hendak (“to want; to will”)

Jingpho

Etymology

Borrowed from Burmese နှက် (hnak).

Verb

nak

1. to strike

References

• Kurabe, Keita (31 December 2016), “Phonology of Burmese loanwords in Jinghpaw”, in Kyoto University Linguistic Research‎^[1], volume 35, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 91–128

Malay

Alternative forms

• na' (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• (schwa-variety, /a/-variety, Baku) IPA^(key): /ˈnak/ [ˈnaʔ]
• Rhymes: -aʔ
• Hyphenation: nak

Etymology 1

Contraction of hendak (“to, for”).

Preposition

nak (Jawi spelling نق)

1. (informal, Malaysia) contraction of hendak (“to; for”)

   duit nak bayar hutang

   money for paying off debt

Verb

nak (Jawi spelling نق)

1. (informal, Malaysia, modal auxiliary) contraction of hendak (“going to; want”)

   Saya nak ke tandas sebentar.

   I want to go to the bathroom for a bit.

Etymology 2

Clipping of anak.

Noun

nak (Jawi spelling نق, uncountable)

1. A term of address for someone noticeably younger.

   Ingatlah pesan mak ayah kamu, nak.

   Remember your parents' advice, young one.

Further reading

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

Rohingya

Alternative forms

• 𐴕𐴝𐴑 (nak) — Hanifi Rohingya script

Etymology

Cognate with Bengali নাক (nak).

Noun

nak (Hanifi spelling 𐴕𐴝𐴑)

1. nose

Tagalog

Etymology

Clipping of anak.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈnak/ [ˈn̪ak̚]
• Rhymes: -ak
• Syllabification: nak

Noun

nak (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜃ᜔) (informal)

1. alternative form of anak: term of address to a child, especially toward one's child

   Nak, mag-ingat ka.

   Child, take care.

Usage notes

• Only used as a term of address.

Tainae

Alternative forms

• (i)naagu

Noun

nak

1. water

References

• Terry Carlson, Tainae grammar essentials (1991; digitized 2006)
• Karl J. Franklin, Comparative Wordlist 1 of the Gulf District and adjacent areas (1975), page 67 (as (i)naagu)

Tehit

Noun

nak

1. breadfruit

Volapük

Noun

nak (genitive naka, plural naks)

1. anchor

Declension

Declension of nak

	Singular	Plural
Nominative	nak	naks
Genitive	naka	nakas
Dative	nake	nakes
Accusative	naki	nakis
Predicative1	naku	nakus
Vocative	o nak	o naks

1. Introduced in Volapük Nulik.

Wolof

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

nak

1. ox, cow