kodak
English
Etymology
Genericization of the trademark Kodak.
Noun
kodak (plural kodaks)
- (dated) A camera: a device for taking still photographs.
- (dated) A still photograph.
Verb
kodak (third-person singular simple present kodaks, present participle kodaking, simple past and past participle kodaked)
- (transitive, dated) To photograph.
- 1917, Rudyard Kipling, The Village That Voted the Earth Was Flat
- A knot of obviously American tourists were kodaking his lodge-gates.
- 1917, Rudyard Kipling, The Village That Voted the Earth Was Flat
- (transitive, dated) To describe or characterise briefly and vividly.
Quotations
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:kodak.
Anagrams
- dokka
Cebuano
Etymology
Genericization of the trademark Kodak.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ko‧dak
Noun
kodak
- a camera; a device for taking still photographs
Verb
kodak
- to take a photograph
- to have one's photograph taken
Quotations
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:kodak.
Mauritian Creole
Etymology
From Kodak.
Noun
kodak
- camera
References
- Baker, Philip & Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. 1987. Dictionnaire de créole mauricien. Morisyen – English – Français
Seychellois Creole
Etymology
From Kodak.
Noun
kodak
- camera
References
- Danielle D’Offay et Guy Lionnet, Diksyonner Kreol - Franse / Dictionnaire Créole Seychellois - Français
Tagalog
Etymology
From English kodak, a genericization of the trademark Kodak.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ko‧dak
- IPA(key): /ˈkodak/, [ˈko.dɐk]
Noun
kodak (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜇᜃ᜔)
- (dated) a camera; a device for taking still photographs
- Synonym: kamera
Derived terms
- kodakan
- magkodakan
- magpakodakan
References
- “kodak”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018
- Zorc, David Paul (1981) Core Etymological Dictionary of Filipino: Part 2, page 93
Turkish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /koˈdak/
Etymology 1
From Ottoman Turkish قودق (koduk)[1][2], قودق (kodak, “donkey colt”)[3]
Noun
kodak (definite accusative kodağı, plural kodaklar) (dialectal)
- (Bulgaristan Türkleri Kocaeli, Çorum, Van, Kerkük) colt
Etymology 2
Possibly from Middle Turkish koduk. Several etymologies may be mixed here.
Noun
kodak (definite accusative kodağı, plural kodaklar) (dialectal)
- family
- (Salatin *Tire -İzmir) shelter[4]
- (Salatin *Tire -İzmir) home[4]
- (Aydın) follower
- (Çorum) a child who is tied to his/her mother's apron strings
References
- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013) The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
- Redhouse, James W. (1890), “قودوق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1482
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “kodak¹”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 3, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2704
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “kodak⁵”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 3, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2704