kaak

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See also: kääk, káak', and kʼáakʼ

English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Arabic كعك (biscuit, cookie). Likely a distant cognate with cake.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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kaak (uncountable)

  1. Any of a variety of Middle Eastern biscuits and baked goods, usually sweet.

Bau Bidayuh

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Noun

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kaak

  1. crow (any bird of the genus Corvus)

Dutch

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kaːk/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: kaak
  • Rhymes: -aːk

Etymology 1

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From Proto-Germanic *kekǭ, *kēkǭ, *kakǭ, *kaukǭ, *keukǭ (jaw; palate; pharynx), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵyewh₁- (to chew).

Noun

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kaak m or f (plural kaken, diminutive kaakje n)

  1. jaw
    De tandarts onderzocht zijn kaak en constateerde een kleine scheur.
    The dentist examined his jaw and found a small crack.
  2. 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.
  3. gill
    De vis had prachtige rode kaken
    The fish had beautiful red gills.
Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • Negerhollands: kaak, kak, kaek
    • Virgin Islands Creole: kak (dated)

Etymology 2

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From 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

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kaak m or f (plural kaken, diminutive kaakje n)

  1. pillory
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Etymology 3

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Borrowed from English cake. Doublet of cake.

Noun

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kaak m or f (plural kaken, diminutive kaakje n)

  1. ship biscuit
Usage notes
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  • 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

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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kaak

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

References

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  • M. J. Koenen & J. Endepols, Verklarend Handwoordenboek der Nederlandse Taal (tevens Vreemde-woordentolk), Groningen, Wolters-Noordhoff, 1969 (26th edition) [Dutch dictionary in Dutch]

Greenlandic

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Etymology

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From Proto-Eskimo *kaɣǝ-. Cognate with Inupiaq kauk (walrus skin for food).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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kaak (plural kaat)

  1. walrus skin

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