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yak

See also: Appendix:Variations of "yak"

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Clipping of English Yakima.

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yak

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

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English

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Yaks in Tibet

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Etymology 1

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    Borrowed from Tibetan གཡག (g.yag). See there for more.

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    yak (plural yak or yaks)

    1. An ox-like mammal native to the Himalayas, Mongolia, Myanmar, and Tibet with dark, long, and silky hair, a horse-like tail, and a full, bushy mane.
      • 2008, Scott R. R. Haskell, Blackwell's Five-Minute Veterinary Consult: Ruminant, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 619:
        Utilization efficiency of dietary protein in the yak differs with diet composition and feeding level, age, sex, body condition score, and animal production level (e.g., growth, lactation). Researchers reported no difference between lactating and dry cows in crude protein digestibility, although lactating yak tend to consume more feed than dry yak.
      • 2004, Wilson G. Pond, Encyclopedia of Animal Science (Print), CRC Press, →ISBN, page 899:
        Attempts are now being made, by selection, to create a new breed of yak (the Datong yak) from such crosses. Hybridization of domestic yak with local cattle, at intermediate elevations, has been practiced for generations. The hybrids inherit some of the good characteristics from each species, but lack the adaptation of the yak to the harsh conditions at higher elevations.
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    Etymology 2

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      Apparently an onomatopoeia.

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      yak (third-person singular simple present yaks, present participle yakking, simple past and past participle yakked)

      1. (slang, intransitive) To talk, particularly informally but persistently; to chatter or prattle.
        • 1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter XI, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, →OCLC:
          “You'll like Poppet. Nice dog. Wears his ears inside out. Why do dachshunds wear their ears inside out?” “I could not say, sir.” “Nor me. I've often wondered. But this won't do, Jeeves. Here we are, yakking about Jezebels and dachshunds, when we ought to be concentrating our minds […]
        • 2001, Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections:
          And in the last few days Clair's boundless capacity to yak about herself while Melissa listened had turned Chip against her, too.
      2. (slang, intransitive) To vomit, usually as a result of excessive alcohol consumption.
        • 1998, Tim Herlihy, The Wedding Singer, spoken by Glenn Guglia (Matthew Glave):
          She'll feel better when she yaks.
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      yak (countable and uncountable, plural yaks)

      1. (slang) A talk, particular an informal talk; chattering; gossip.
        • 1962, Ian Fleming, chapter 9, in The Spy Who Loved Me:
          Sluggsy said indifferently, ‘You’ll be wised up come morning. Meanwhiles, howsabout shuttin’ that dumb little hashtrap of yours? All this yak is bending my ear. I want some action.
        • 1983, Nicolas Freeling, The Back of the North Wind, →ISBN:
          The sudden head-down butt jabbed into someone’s face, is a highly effective way of putting a stop to his yack.
      2. (slang) A laugh.
        • 1951, Fredric Brown, Mack Reynolds, Cartoonist:
          Would-be gags from would-be gagsters. And, nine chances out of ten, not a yak in the lot.
      3. (slang) Vomit.
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      A yak (musical instrument)

      Borrowed from Korean 약 (yak).

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      yak (plural yaks)

      1. a traditional Korean flute used in court music

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      Shortening of various unrelated words.

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      yak (plural yaks)

      1. (slang) A kayak.
      2. (slang) cognac.
        • 2018 November 30, “Bits” (track 10), in Original Sounds‎[1], performed by Bru-C and Window Kid:
          Quick cash, flip that, now I got big cash. Sit back, sip yak with a next piff yat.
      3. (slang, chiefly in the plural) A yakuza member.
        • 2007, Merrill Singer, Drugging the Poor: Legal and Illegal Drugs and Social Inequality, Waveland Press, →ISBN, page 191:
          Yakuza, or Yaks as they are popularly known, Japan's large and tightly organized crime and illicit drug corporations.
        • 2015 September 9, yakthrow, “My neighborhood Yak”, in Reddit‎[2], archived from the original on 25 February 2026:
          These days yaks make most of their money through securities fraud.
        • 2023, Matthew A. Knorpp, The Killer Who Lost His Mind, Archway Publishing, →ISBN, page 191:
          Don't worry about it, Carter. Yaks aren't gonna be a problem around here? Yaks? Yakuza?

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      Choctaw

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      yak

      1. thus

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      • Cyrus Byington, A Dictionary of the Choctaw Language

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      yak m (plural yakken or yaks, diminutive yakje n)

      1. alternative spelling of jak

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      yak m (plural yaks)

      1. alternative spelling of yack

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      Indonesian

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      Etymology 1

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      Borrowed from English yak or Dutch jak.

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      yak

      1. (zoology) yak

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      A variant of ya.

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      yak

      1. alternative form of ya

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      Italian

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      Unadapted borrowing from Tibetan གཡག (g.yag), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g-jak ~ g-jaŋ.

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      yak m (invariable)

      1. a yak (bovine)
        Synonym: bue tibetano

      Kokborok

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      From Proto-Bodo-Garo *yak (“hand; arm”). Cognate with Garo jak (“hand”).

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      yak

      1. hand

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      • Debbarma, Binoy (2001), “yak”, in Concise Kokborok-English-Bengali Dictionary‎[3], Language Wing, Education Department, TTAADC, →ISBN, page 142

      Malay

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      Borrowed from English yak.

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      yak (Jawi spelling يق, plural yak-yak or yak2)

      1. (zoology) yak[1]

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      The apheresis form of Malay berak, with the letter y inserted in front. A childish variant of berak used by parents to the children.

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      yak (plural yak-yak or yak2)

      1. (childish) poo

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      yak

      1. (childish) to defecate, to poop
        • 2017 April 17, Nurdiana Aniff, “Sembelit Masa Nak Yak”, in Blogger‎[4]:
          Semalam kak yone tengok anak kak yone sembelit masa nak yak.
          Yesterday, 'kak yone' saw that 'kak yone's' child was constipated when they want to poop.

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

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      yak (Jawi spelling يق, comparative lebih yak, superlative paling yak)

      1. (belacak ~), (melacak ~); to be abundant[2]
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      1. ^ “yak”, in Kamus Dewan [The Institute Dictionary] (in Malay), Fourth edition, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2005, →ISBN
      2. ^ Wilkinson, R. J. (1901-1903), “يق yak”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Singapore; Hong Kong; Shanghai; Yokohama: Kelly & Walsh Ltd., page 698

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

      Q'eqchi

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      yak

      1. lynx

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      • Ch'ina tusleb' aatin q'eqchi'-kaxlan aatin ut kaxlan aatin-q'eqchi' (Guatemala, 1998) [5]

      Romanian

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      yak m (plural yaci)

      1. yak (bovine mammal)

      Savi

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      Etymology

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      Etymology tree
      Proto-Indo-European *ís?
      Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos
      Proto-Indo-Iranian *Háykas
      Proto-Indo-Aryan *Háykas
      Sanskrit एक (eka)
      Savi yak

        Inherited from Sanskrit एक (eka), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *Háykas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Háykas, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos, possibly from *ís.

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        yak

        1. (cardinal number) one

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        • Knobloch, Nina (2020), A grammar sketch of Sauji: An Indo-Aryan language of Afghanistan‎[6], Stockholm: Stockholm University

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        Borrowed from Tibetan གཡག (g.yag), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g-jak ~ g-jaŋ.

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        • Rhymes: -ak
        • Syllabification: yak

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        yak m (plural yak or yaks)

        1. yak (bovine)

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        Tagalog

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        Borrowed from English yuck.

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        yak (Baybayin spelling ᜌᜃ᜔)

        1. used to indicate disgust or nausea: yuck; ew
          Synonym: kadiri
          Yak! Minamanyak niya 'yong babae!
          Yuck! He's perverting that girl!

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        Borrowed from English yak, from Tibetan གཡག (g.yag).

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        yak (Baybayin spelling ᜌᜃ᜔)

        1. yak (mammal)

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        Turkish

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        Etymology

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        From English yak, from Tibetan གཡག (g.yag), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g-jak ~ g-jaŋ.

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        yak (definite accusative yakı, plural yaklar)

        1. yak (ox-like mammal)

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        yak

        1. second-person singular imperative of yakmak

        Uzbek

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        Other scripts
        Arabic Afghan Uzbek
        Yangi Imlo
        Cyrillic як‍
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        Etymology

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        Inherited from Chagatai یَک (yk), from Classical Persian یَک (yak).

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        yak

        1. one
          Synonym: bir

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        yak

        1. I

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        • Bill Palmer, editor (2018), The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area, Berlin: de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 208

        Woiwurrung

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        yak

        1. sweat[1]
        2. body smell[1]

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        1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 B. J. Blake, Woiwurrung: The Melbourne Language, 1991, pg84
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