daak

Central Melanau

Etymology

Noun

daak

  1. blood

Gullah

Alternative forms

  • daa'k

Etymology

From English dark.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dɑːk/

Adjective

daak

  1. (of color) dark
    Antonym: ut

Noun

daak

  1. darkness

References

  • Virginia Mixson Geraty, Gulluh fuh oonuh: Gullah for You (1997)


Ilocano

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: da‧ák
  • IPA(key): /daˈʔak/, [dɐˈʔak]

Noun

daák

  1. expectoration

Derived terms

  • agdaak
  • dumaak

Limburgish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Dutch dak, from Old Dutch *thak. Or from Middle Low German dak, from Old Saxon thak. Both ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *þak, from Proto-Germanic *þaką.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /daːk/
  • Hyphenation: daak
  • Rhymes: -aːk

Noun

daak n or f

  1. roof
  2. (mining) roof (The surface or bed of rock immediately overlying a bed of coal or a flat vein.)
  3. (geology) a rock layer above a seam

Usage notes

  • Neuter in most dialects, feminine in some dialects like the dialect of Sittard

Southeastern Tepehuan

Noun

daak

  1. nose