blaker

From Dutch blaker, from Middle Dutch blaker.

• IPA^(key): /ˈblɑː.kər/

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blaker (plural blakers, diminutive blakertjie)

1. low candle holder or candelabrum, usually with a flat foot
2. (colloquial) bum; backside; ass

   Sit op jou blaker!

   Sit on your ass!

• (backside): gat
• (candle holder): kersblaker

• IPA^(key): /ˈblaː.kər/

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• Hyphenation: bla‧ker
• Rhymes: -aːkər

From Middle Dutch blaker. Equivalent to blaken +‎ -er.

blaker m (plural blakers)

1. a dish or low candelabrum with a handle, used as a candleholder

• nachtblaker

• Afrikaans: blaker
• → Sranan Tongo: blakri, braki, brakri

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

blaker

1. inflection of blakeren:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative