kaak
English
editAlternative forms
edit- ka'k, kaʻk (stricter transliterations)
- ka'ak (nonstandard)
Etymology
editFrom Arabic كعك (“biscuit, cookie”). Likely a distant cognate with cake.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editkaak (uncountable)
- Any of a variety of Middle Eastern biscuits and baked goods, usually sweet.
Bau Bidayuh
editNoun
editkaak
Dutch
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom Proto-Germanic *kekǭ, *kēkǭ, *kakǭ, *kaukǭ, *keukǭ (“jaw; palate; pharynx”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵyewh₁- (“to chew”).
Noun
editkaak m or f (plural kaken, diminutive kaakje n)
- jaw
- De tandarts onderzocht zijn kaak en constateerde een kleine scheur.
- The dentist examined his jaw and found a small crack.
- cheek, cone
- Ze at een ijsje en voelde de kou op haar kaakjes.
- She ate an ice cream and felt the cold on her cheeks.
- gill
- De vis had prachtige rode kaken
- The fish had beautiful red gills.
Derived terms
editDescendants
editEtymology 2
editFrom Middle Dutch kaeck (“scaffold”), of obscure origin with no clues outside of Germanic; the non-Indo-European structure of a potential reconstruction *gVg- (two voiced consonants) may indicate a borrowing from a pre-Indo-European substrate language. German kak is borrowed from Low German.
Noun
editkaak m or f (plural kaken, diminutive kaakje n)
Derived terms
editEtymology 3
editBorrowed from English cake. Doublet of cake.
Noun
editkaak m or f (plural kaken, diminutive kaakje n)
Usage notes
edit- The diminutive form kaakje is far more common and has a separate, more specific meaning of a (sweet) biscuit eaten alongside coffee or tea.
Etymology 4
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
editkaak
- inflection of kaken:
References
edit- M. J. Koenen & J. Endepols, Verklarend Handwoordenboek der Nederlandse Taal (tevens Vreemde-woordentolk), Groningen, Wolters-Noordhoff, 1969 (26th edition) [Dutch dictionary in Dutch]
Greenlandic
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Eskimo *kaɣǝ-. Cognate with Inupiaq kauk (“walrus skin for food”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editkaak (plural kaat)
Declension
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- Bau Bidayuh lemmas
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- Bau Bidayuh palindromes
- sne:Birds
- sne:Corvids
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- Rhymes:Dutch/aːk
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