kaak
Bau Bidayuh
Noun
kaak
- crow (any bird of the genus Corvus)
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaːk/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: kaak
- Rhymes: -aːk
Etymology 1
From Proto-Germanic *kekǭ, *kēkǭ, *kakǭ, *kaukǭ, *keukǭ (“jaw; palate; pharynx”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵyewh₁- (“to chew”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Sooke (“cheek”), West Frisian tsjeak (“jaw”), English cheek, Swedish käke (“jaw; jowl”), Norwegian kjake (“jaw”), Old Norse kók (“mouth; gullet”).
Noun
kaak m or f (plural kaken, diminutive kaakje n)
- jaw
- cheek, cone
- gill
Derived terms
- bovenkaak
- kaakbeen
- kaakfractuur
- kaakslag
- onderkaak
Descendants
- Negerhollands: kaak, kak, kaek
- → Virgin Islands Creole: kak (dated)
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
kaak m or f (plural kaken, diminutive kaakje n)
- pillory
Derived terms
- aan de kaak stellen
Etymology 3
Borrowed from English cake.
Noun
kaak m or f (plural kaken, diminutive kaakje n)
- ship biscuit
Usage notes
Commonly used in the diminutive form
Etymology 4
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
kaak
- first-person singular present indicative of kaken
- imperative of kaken
References
- M. J. Koenen & J. Endepols, Verklarend Handwoordenboek der Nederlandse Taal (tevens Vreemde-woordentolk), Groningen, Wolters-Noordhoff, 1969 (26th edition) [Dutch dictionary in Dutch]
Greenlandic
Etymology
From Proto-Eskimo *kaɣǝ-. Cognate with Inupiaq kauk (“walrus skin for food”).
Noun
kaak (plural kaat)
- walrus skin
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| absolutive | kaak | kaaat |
| ergative | kaaap | kaaat |
| allative | kaammut | kaannut |
| ablative | kaammit | kaannit |
| prosecutive | kaakkut | kaannit |
| locative | kaammi | kaanni |
| instrumental | kaammik | kaannik |
| equative | kaattut | kaattut |