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Dak
Dak
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Dak
dak
dak
English
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Noun
dak (plural daks)
- (India) A post system by means of transport relays of horses stationed at intervals along a route or network, carrying mail and passengers.
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Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch dak, from Old Dutch *thak, from Proto-Germanic *þaką, from Proto-Indo-European *teg-.
Noun
dak (plural dakke)
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)
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References
- ↑ Orel, Vladimir (1998), “dak”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, page 54
Central Nicobarese
Noun
dak
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)
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Eastern Mnong
Etymology
From Proto-Bahnaric /*ɗaːk/, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *ɗaak
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /daːk/
Noun
dak
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Kharia
Etymology
For Munda cognates, see Mundari दाः.
Noun
dak
References
- Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society (2002), page 80
Korwa
Etymology
For Munda cognates, see Mundari दाः.
Noun
dak
References
- Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society (2002), page 80
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