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English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Khmer កាក់ (kak). Doublet of jiao.

Noun

kak (plural kaks)

A subdivision of currency, equal to one tenth of a Cambodian riel.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Afrikaans kak (“shit”), from Dutch kak (“shit”).

Noun

kak (uncountable)

(South Africa, slang) Shit.
- 2008, Lauren Beukes, Moxyland, Jacana Media, →ISBN, pages 102–103:
  ‘You a cop? You with the guy inside?’ the shoppie says, bending his knees to talk to me confidentially. ‘Cos it was legitimate, okay? Bitch started pulling down the merchandise, falling around. Dronkie. She's been in here before, causing kak. Stealing shit. And how long is your friend gonna be in there anyway?’

Verb

kak (third-person singular simple present kaks, present participle kakking, simple past and past participle kakked)

to poo

Derived terms

kak on

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch kakken (verb), from Middle Dutch cacken, and kak (noun), from Middle Dutch cac.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kak/
Audio: (file)

Verb

kak (present kak, present participle kakkende, past participle gekak)

(vulgar) to shit

Noun

kak (uncountable)

(vulgar) shit

Basque

Noun

kak

Cebuano

Etymology

From English cock, from Middle English cok, from Old English coc, cocc (“cock, male bird”), from Proto-Germanic *kukkaz (“cock”), probably of onomatopoeic origin.

Verb

kak

to prepare a firearm for firing
(colloquial) to reach inside one's pants to adjust the penis especially during an unwanted erection

Noun

kak

the sound of a cocking firearm

Dutch

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kɑk/
Audio: (file)
Hyphenation: kak
Rhymes: -ɑk

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch cac, deverbal from cacken; see kakken.

Noun

kak m (uncountable, diminutive kakje n)

(vulgar) shit, feces
Synonym: poep
(vulgar, informal) arrogance

Derived terms

Descendants

Berbice Creole Dutch: kaka
Negerhollands: kaka, koka

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

kak

inflection of kakken:
1. first-person singular present indicative
2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
3. imperative

Livonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kakku, borrowed either from Proto-Norse [script needed] (*kakō) or Proto-Germanic *kakǭ. Cognate with Estonian kakk, Finnish kakku.

Noun

kak

cake

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

Modified from Proto-Slavic *kako.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kak/

Adverb

kak

Malay

Etymology

Clipping of kakak.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kaʔ/
Rhymes: -kaʔ, -aʔ

Noun

kak

older sister
term of address for a female acquaintance who is older but in the same generation
older sibling (rare)
older brother (rare)

Mokilese

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkak/

Verb

kak

(intransitive) to jump

Derived terms

likakkak

Pipil

Etymology

Compare with Classical Nahuatl kaktli.

Noun

kak

sandal; footwear
Synonym: kakti

Romani

Alternative forms

kako
kàko (International Standard)
káko, kákos (Pan-Vlax)

Etymology

Two etymologies have been proposed:

Inherited from Sanskrit काक्क (kākka), from a Dravidian word.^[1]^[2] Compare Hindi काका (kākā).^[2]
Possibly borrowed from Iranian.^[3] Compare Persian (“uncle”), though this itself is also from the Sanskrit word above.

Noun

kak m (nominative plural kaka)

uncle

References

[1]
Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*kākka”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 153
[2]
Boretzky, Norbert, Igla, Birgit (1994) “kak¹”, in Wörterbuch Romani-Deutsch-Englisch für den südosteuropäischen Raum : mit einer Grammatik der Dialektvarianten [Romani-German-English dictionary for the Southern European region] (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 132
[3]
Yaron Matras (2002) “Historical and linguistic origins”, in Romani: A Linguistic Introduction‎, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 25

Russenorsk

Alternative forms

kakk, gak

Etymology

From Russian как (kak, “how”)

Adverb

kak

how, what
Kak tvoja levom?
How do you do?

References

Ingvild Broch, Ernst H. Jahr (1984) Russenorsk: Et pidginspråk i Norge [Russenorsk: A pidgin language in Norway], 2 edition, Oslo: Novus Forlag

Serbo-Croatian

Adverb

kak (Cyrillic spelling как)

(Kajkavian) how
(Kajkavian) as, like
(colloquial, Croatia) Informal form of kako.

Conjunction

kak

(Kajkavian) as, like
(colloquial, Croatia) Informal form of kako.

Related terms

(as, like): kao, poput

Turkish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkak/
Hyphenation: kak

Etymology 1

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish قاق (ḳaḳ),^[1]^[2] from Proto-Turkic *kak (“dry”).^[3]^[4]^[5]

Cognates

Noun

kak (definite accusative kakı, plural kaklar)

(colloquial, dialectal) Dried fruits like apples, pears, apricots, peaches etc.
Synonyms: kuru meyve, (dialectal) çir
(colloquial, dialectal) Dried meat.
(dialectal, figuratively) A skinny person.
(dialectal) A pool of rain water on mountains or between rocks.

Declension

More information singular, plural ...

Declension of kak

	singular	plural
nominative	kak	kaklar
definite accusative	kakı	kakları
dative	kaka	kaklara
locative	kakta	kaklarda
ablative	kaktan	kaklardan
genitive	kakın	kakların

Possessive forms
nominative
	singular	plural
1st singular	kakım	kaklarım
2nd singular	kakın	kakların
3rd singular	kakı	kakları
1st plural	kakımız	kaklarımız
2nd plural	kakınız	kaklarınız
3rd plural	kakları	kakları
definite accusative
	singular	plural
1st singular	kakımı	kaklarımı
2nd singular	kakını	kaklarını
3rd singular	kakını	kaklarını
1st plural	kakımızı	kaklarımızı
2nd plural	kakınızı	kaklarınızı
3rd plural	kaklarını	kaklarını
dative
	singular	plural
1st singular	kakıma	kaklarıma
2nd singular	kakına	kaklarına
3rd singular	kakına	kaklarına
1st plural	kakımıza	kaklarımıza
2nd plural	kakınıza	kaklarınıza
3rd plural	kaklarına	kaklarına
locative
	singular	plural
1st singular	kakımda	kaklarımda
2nd singular	kakında	kaklarında
3rd singular	kakında	kaklarında
1st plural	kakımızda	kaklarımızda
2nd plural	kakınızda	kaklarınızda
3rd plural	kaklarında	kaklarında
ablative
	singular	plural
1st singular	kakımdan	kaklarımdan
2nd singular	kakından	kaklarından
3rd singular	kakından	kaklarından
1st plural	kakımızdan	kaklarımızdan
2nd plural	kakınızdan	kaklarınızdan
3rd plural	kaklarından	kaklarından
genitive
	singular	plural
1st singular	kakımın	kaklarımın
2nd singular	kakının	kaklarının
3rd singular	kakının	kaklarının
1st plural	kakımızın	kaklarımızın
2nd plural	kakınızın	kaklarınızın
3rd plural	kaklarının	kaklarının

Etymology 2

Imperative form of kakmak.

Verb

kak

second-person singular imperative of kakmak

References

[1]
Redhouse, James W. (1890) “قاق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1419
[2]
Kélékian, Diran (1911) “قاق”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 931
[3]
Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*KAk”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
[4]
Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “kak”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
[5]
Clauson, Gerard (1972) “kak/ka:k”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 608

Volapük

Noun

kak (nominative plural kaks)

cocoa

Declension

More information singular, plural ...

Declension of *kak*
	singular	plural
nominative	kak	kaks
genitive	kaka	kakas
dative	kake	kakes
accusative	kaki	kakis
vocative ¹	o kak!	o kaks!
predicative ²	kaku	kakus

¹ status as a case is disputed
² in later, non-classical Volapük only

Yucatec Maya

Noun

kak

Obsolete spelling of kʼáakʼ.

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English

Etymology 1

Noun

Etymology 2

Noun

Verb

Derived terms

Afrikaans

Etymology

Pronunciation

Verb

Noun

Basque

Noun

Cebuano

Etymology

Verb

Noun

Dutch

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

Derived terms

Descendants

Etymology 2

Verb

Livonian

Etymology

Noun

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

Pronunciation

Adverb

Malay

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Mokilese

Pronunciation

Verb

Derived terms

Pipil

Etymology

Noun

Further reading

Romani

Alternative forms

Etymology

Noun

References

Further reading

Russenorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology

Adverb

References

Serbo-Croatian

Adverb

Conjunction

Related terms

Turkish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

Declension

Etymology 2

Verb

References

Further reading

Volapük

Noun

Declension

Yucatec Maya

Noun