kåk
See also: kak, kaak, käk, k’áak’, and как
Swedish
Etymology
Probably from an older sense, meaning a pole where different punishments were carried out on; probably denoting the structure or scaffolding the pole were raised on. If so, then inherited from Old Swedish kaker, from Middle Low German kāk, probably ultimately from the root of kägla (“pin, cone”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /koːk/
Noun
kåk c
- (slang) house, building (often of bad quality or damaged)
- (slang) prison
- Han sitter på kåken
- He's in prison
- (poker) full house, a combination of a pair and three-of-a-kind
Declension
| Declension of kåk | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | kåk | kåken | kåkar | kåkarna |
| Genitive | kåks | kåkens | kåkars | kåkarnas |
Derived terms
- kåkstad
References
- “kåk”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish), 1937
Further reading
- kåk in Svensk ordbok.
Welsh Romani
Noun
kåk m
- uncle
Derived terms
- båro kåk
- kåkesko
- phureder kåk
- pårno kåk
References
- “kåk” in Welsh Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.