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dak

See also: Appendix:Variations of "dak"

Translingual

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dak

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Dakota.

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English

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Hindustani डाक / ڈاک (ḍāk).

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Noun

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dak (plural daks)

  1. (South Asia) A post system by means of transport relays of horses stationed at intervals along a route or network, carrying mail and passengers.
  2. (South Asia) A dak bungalow.
    • 1936, F.J. Thwaites, chapter XV, in The Redemption, Sydney: H. John Edwards, published 1940, page 161:
      Gaining the dak, they were joined on the veranda by four tight-lipped men.
  3. (South Asia, obsolete) A journey using the dak system.
    • 1889, Rudyard Kipling, “A Wayside Comedy”, in Under the Deodars, Boston: The Greenock Press, published 1899, page 65:
      “What are you going to do?” said the woman, between her sobs. “Do! Nothing. What should I do? Kill Kurrell or send you Home, or apply for leave to get a divorce? It's two days' dâk into Narkarra.”
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Etymology 2

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Back-formation from daks.[1]

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Verb

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dak (third-person singular simple present daks, present participle dakking, simple past and past participle dakked)

  1. (Australia, informal) To suddenly pull down someone's pants as a prank; to pants.
    • 1995, Simon Petrie, Pointy-Enders, page 172:
      'That Phillip (names another child) “dakked” Trevor.' 'But I've already spoken with Brendan and with Phillip, and they say that it was you who “dakked” Trevor.' 'No. He did it to me first, ay?' 'First? You mean he “dakked” you before you “dakked” him?'

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  1. ^ James Lambert The Macquarie Australian Slang Dictionary (Sydney: Macquarie Library) 2004.

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Afrikaans

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Etymology

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From Dutch dak, from Old Dutch *thak, from Proto-Germanic *þaką, from Proto-Indo-European *teg-.

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dak (plural dakke, diminutive dakkie)

  1. roof

Albanian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Albanian *dauka, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰew-, further related to Lithuanian dvékti (“to breathe”), dvākas (“breath”). Related to dash.[1]

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dak m (plural daqe, definite daku, definite plural daqet)

  1. big ram
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  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir (1998), “dak”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden; Boston; Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 54

Central Nicobarese

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Noun

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dak

  1. water

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  • 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: Nancowry daak

Dutch

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Etymology

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From Middle Dutch dac, from Old Dutch thak, from Proto-West Germanic *þak, from Proto-Germanic *þaką, from Proto-Indo-European *teg-.

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dak n (plural daken, diminutive dakje n or (rare) daakje n)

  1. roof

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  • Afrikaans: dak
  • Negerhollands: dak
  • → Caribbean Hindustani: dák
  • → Caribbean Javanese: dag
  • → Indonesian: dak
  • → Papiamentu: dak
  • → Sranan Tongo: daki

Eastern Mnong

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Etymology

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From Proto-Bahnaric /*ɗaːk/, from Proto-Austroasiatic *ɗaːkʔ.

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dak

  1. water
  2. lake

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Indonesian

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Etymology 1

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Unadapted borrowing from Dutch dak, from Middle Dutch dac, from Old Dutch thak, from Proto-Germanic *þaką.

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dak (plural dak-dak)

  1. roof (the top external level of a building)
    Synonym: pelat lantai

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Adverb

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dak

  1. (chiefly dialectal) alternative form of tidak

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Kashubian

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Dak

Etymology

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German Low German Dackbor.
Kashubian dak

    Borrowed from German Low German Dack.

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    • IPA(key): /ˈdak/
    • Rhymes: -ak
    • Syllabification: dak

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    dak m inan (diminutive daczk or dakùszk or daczuszk, related adjective dakòwi)

    1. roof (cover at the top of a building)
      Synonym: (dialectal) dach

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    Declension of dak
    singular plural
    nominative dak daczi
    genitive dakù daków
    dative dakòwi dakóm
    accusative dak daczi
    instrumental dakã dakama
    locative dakù dakach
    vocative dak/dakù daczi

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    Further reading

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    • Stefan Ramułt (1893), “dak”, in Słownik języka pomorskiego czyli kaszubskiego (in Kashubian), page 23
    • Sychta, Bernard (1967), “dak”, in Słownik gwar kaszubskich [Dictionary of Kashubian dialects] (in Polish), volumes 1 (A – Ǵ), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 185
    • Jan Trepczyk (1994), “dach”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2
    • Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011), Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎[3]
    • “dak”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

    Korwa

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    Etymology

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    Inherited from Proto-Munda *daˀk, from Proto-Austroasiatic *ɗaːk.

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    dak

    1. water

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    • Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society (2002), page 80

    Malay

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    Etymology 1

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    Cognate with Clipping of tidak, tak, from Proto-Malayic *daʔ (compare Indonesian tidak), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *diaq.

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    dak

    1. (informal) not (negates meaning of verb)
      Saya dak mahu makan.
      I don't want to eat.
    2. (informal) not (To no degree)
      Buku itu dak mahal.
      That book is not expensive.

    Etymology 2

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    Clipping of budak.[1]

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    dak (plural dak-dak or dak2)

    1. (colloquial) apheretic form of budak.

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    dak

    1. (dialectal, Malacca) A title generally for a younger person or peer, used before a person's name.
      Synonym: si
      Dak Anep tu ada je kat rumah. ― (That) Anep is still at the house.

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    1. ^ Hoogervorst, Tom (2015), “Malay youth language in West Malaysia”, in NUSA‎[1], volume 58, number 3, →DOI, archived from the original on 26 April 2025, page 29

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

    Maltese

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    Proto-Semitic *ḏV-
    Arabic ذَا (ḏā)
    Arabic كَ (ka)
    Arabic ذَاكَ (ḏāka)
    Maltese dak

      Inherited from Arabic ذَاكَ (ḏāka).

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      dak (feminine dik, plural dawk)

      1. that

      Marshallese

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      Etymology

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      Borrowed from English duck.

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      dak

      1. a duck

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      • Abo, Takaji; Bender Byron W.; Capelle, Alfred; DeBrum, Tony (2009–), “dak”, in Marshallese–English Online Dictionary‎[4]

      Semai

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      From Proto-Aslian [Term?], from Proto-Mon-Khmer *ɗak (“trap; to trap”).

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      dak [1]

      1. trap

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      1. ^ Basrim bin Ngah Aching (2008), Kamus Engròq Semay – Engròq Malaysia, Kamus Bahasa Semai – Bahasa Malaysia [Semai—Malay Dictionary]‎[2], Bangi: Institut Alam dan Tamadun Melayu, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia

      Semelai

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      From Proto-Aslian [Term?], from Proto-Mon-Khmer *ɗaak (“water, liquid”).

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      dak

      1. water

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      • Nicole Kruspe, A Grammar of Semelai (2004)

      Wantoat

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      dak

      1. blood

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      • Quigley et al. 2012. Wantoat Trilingual Dictionary- Wantoat to Tok Pisin and Wantoat to English. Ms. 213pp.

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      Borrowed from Tibetan སྟག (stag).

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      dak

      1. tiger

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      • Erika Sandman (2016), A Grammar of Wutun‎[5], University of Helsinki (PhD), →ISBN
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