English

Alternative forms

• myek (Geordie), make (Standard English)

Verb

mak ‎(third-person singular simple present maks, present participle makin, simple past and past participle maked or made)

1. (Wearside) to make

References

• A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Bill Griffiths, 2005, Northumbria University Press, ISBN 1904794165

Car Nicobarese

Etymology

Suggested by Pinnow to derive from an earlier form um-dak, where the second element is cognate to Mundari दाः. The first element may be cognate to U ʔóm and/or Khasi um.

Noun

mak

1. water (salt or fresh)
2. stream

References

• George Whitehead, Dictionary of the Car-Nicobarese Language (1925)
• 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

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑk

Verb

mak

1. first-person singular present indicative of makken
2. imperative of makken

Anagrams

• kam

Kurdish

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian (compare Persian مادر ‎(mâdar), Baluchi مات ‎(mát), Pashto مور ‎(mor), Ossetian мад ‎(mad), Avestan 𐬨𐬁𐬙𐬀𐬭 ‎(mātar)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian (compare Sanskrit मातृ ‎(mā́tṛ), Hindi माता ‎(mātā)), from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr (compare Armenian մայր ‎(mayr), Greek μητέρα ‎(mitéra), Russian мать ‎(matʹ), Italian madre, English mother).

Noun

mak ?

1. mother

Lojban

Rafsi

mak

1. rafsi of maksi.

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *makъ, from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ko-

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mak/

Noun

mak m

1. poppy ‎(“any plant of the genus Papaver”)
2. poppyseed

Declension

Derived terms

• mack
• makaty
• makowaty
• makowy

Malay

Alternative forms

• emak, umak, امق, مق, اومق

Etymology

Shortened form of emak, from Proto-Malayic *əma-ʔ, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *əma-ʔ, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *əma-ʔ, from Proto-Sunda-Sulawesi *əma-ʔ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əma-ʔ, from *əma.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

mak ‎(Jawi spelling مق)

1. Alternative form of emak

North Frisian

Noun

mak

1. kiss

Polish

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *makъ, from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂kos

Pronunciation

Noun

mak m inan ‎(diminutive maczek)

1. poppy, any plant of the genus Papaver

Declension

Scots

Verb

mak ‎(third-person singular present maks, present participle makkin, past made or makkit, past participle made or makkit)

1. to make

   Mony fowk drink tae mak thaimselves feel blithe.‎

   Many people drink to make themselves feel happy.

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *makъ, from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂kos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mâk/

Noun

mȁk m ‎(Cyrillic spelling ма̏к)

1. poppy

Declension

Derived terms

• makòvnjača

Slovak

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *makъ, from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ko-

Noun

mak m

1. poppy

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *makъ, from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ko-

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmák/, /ˈmáːk/
• Tonal orthography: mȁk, mȃk

Noun

màk or mák m inan ‎(genitive máka, nominative plural máki)

1. poppy

Declension

Swedish

Etymology

Old Swedish mak, cognate with Danish mag, Middle Low German mak, German Gemach, assumed to originate from an unattested Old Swedish adjective maker (easy, calm, fit, suiting, appropriate), cognate with Icelandic makr, Old English gemæc, related to German verb machen ‎(to make)

Noun

mak n

1. a state of leisure; almost exclusively used in the expression:

   i sakta mak

   slowly, without hurry

Declension

• Nowadays never inflected, but historically with the definite form maket.

Related terms

• gemak
• maklig

References

• mak in Svenska Akademiens Ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)
• mak in Svenska Akademiens ordbok online.

Tok Pisin

Etymology 1

Borrowing from German Mark.

Noun

mak

1. (obsolete) shilling

Etymology 2

From English mark.

Noun

mak

1. sign, brand, mark, symbol

Verb

mak

1. to mark

West Frisian

Adjective

mak

1. obedient
2. tame