Plautdietsch

Noun

Dak n ‎(plural Däakja)

1. roof

Derived terms

• Dakfensta (dormer)
• Dakran (eaves trough)
• Dakspoa (rafter)
• Dakstow (garret)
• Husdak (roof of house)

See also

• Dakj (blanket, cover)
• Dach
• Stow
• Däa
• Staul
• Hus
• Kjoakj

English

Alternative forms

• dawk

Noun

dak ‎(plural daks)

1. (India) A post system by means of transport relays of horses stationed at intervals along a route or network, carrying mail and passengers.

Derived terms

• dak bungalow

Anagrams

• DKA
• kDa

Afrikaans

Etymology

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

Noun

dak ‎(plural dakke)

1. roof

Albanian

Etymology

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

Noun

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

1. big ram

Related terms

• dash

References

1. ↑ Orel, Vladimir (1998), “dak”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, page 54

Central Nicobarese

Noun

dak

1. water

References

• 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

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑk
• IPA^(key): /dɑk/

Etymology

From Old Dutch *thak, from Proto-Germanic *þaką, from Proto-Indo-European *teg-. Compare Low German Dack, West Frisian dak, German Dach, English thack, thatch, Danish tag.

Noun

dak n ‎(plural daken, diminutive dakje n)

1. roof

Derived terms

Related terms

• dekken

Eastern Mnong

Etymology

From Proto-Bahnaric /*ɗaːk/, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *ɗaak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /daːk/

Noun

dak

1. water
2. lake

Derived terms

• dak Lak ‎(“Lak Lake”)

Kharia

Etymology

For Munda cognates, see Mundari दाः.

Noun

dak

1. water

References

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

Korwa

Etymology

For Munda cognates, see Mundari दाः.

Noun

dak

1. water

References

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

Lojban

Rafsi

dak

1. rafsi of dakfu.

Malay

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /daʔ/
• Rhymes: -daʔ, -aʔ

Adverb

dak

1. not (negates meaning of verb)

   Saya dak mahu makan.

   I don't want to eat.

2. not (To no degree)

   Buku itu dak mahal.

   That book is not expensive.

Maltese

Etymology

From Arabic ذَاكَ ‎(ḏāka)

Determiner

dak (feminine dik, plural dawk)

1. that

Semelai

Noun

dak

1. water

References

Nicole Kruspe, A Grammar of Semelai (2004)