nak

See also: Appendix:Variations of "nak"

English

Noun

nak (plural naks)

  1. A female yak.

Anagrams

Dutch

Etymology

Back-formation from nakkie.

Noun

nak c (plural nakken, diminutive nakje n)

  1. (slang) a bump or small line of an insufflated drug

Usage notes

Commonly used in the diminutive, including the usual form nakkie (which resembles and is sometimes reinterpreted as a diminutive).

Coordinate terms

Epigraphic Mayan

Verb

nak

  1. to conquer

Indonesian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /naʔ/
  • Rhymes: -aʔ
  • Hyphenation: na

Verb

nak (dialectal)

  1. abbreviation of hendak (to want; to will)

Jingpho

Etymology

Borrowed from Burmese နှက် (hnak).

Verb

nak

  1. to strike

References

  • Kurabe, Keita (31 December 2016) “Phonology of Burmese loanwords in Jinghpaw”, in Kyoto University Linguistic Research[1], volume 35, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 91–128

Malay

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [naʔ]
  • Rhymes: -ak
  • Hyphenation: nak

Etymology 1

Contraction of hendak.

Preposition

nak (Jawi spelling نق)

  1. (informal, Malaysia) contraction of hendak
    duit nak bayar hutangmoney for paying off debt

Verb

nak (Jawi spelling نق)

  1. (informal, Malaysia, modal auxiliary) contraction of hendak
    Saya nak ke tandas sebentar.
    I want to go to the bathroom for a bit.

Etymology 2

Clipping of anak.

Noun

nak (Jawi spelling نق)

  1. A term of address for someone noticeably younger.
    Ingatlah pesan mak ayah kamu, nak.
    Remember your parents' advice, young one.

Further reading

Rohingya

Alternative forms

Etymology

Cognate with Bengali নাক (nak).

Noun

nak (Hanifi spelling 𐴕𐴝𐴑)

  1. nose

Tagalog

Etymology

Clipping of anak.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈnak/ [ˈn̪ak̚]
  • Rhymes: -ak
  • Syllabification: nak

Noun

nak (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜃ᜔) (informal)

  1. alternative form of anak: term of address to a child, especially toward one's child
    Nak, mag-ingat ka.
    Child, take care.

Usage notes

  • Only used as a term of address.

Tainae

Alternative forms

Noun

nak

  1. water

References

Tehit

Noun

nak

  1. breadfruit

Volapük

Noun

nak (nominative plural naks)

  1. anchor

Declension

Declension of nak
singular plural
nominative nak naks
genitive naka nakas
dative nake nakes
accusative naki nakis
vocative 1 o nak! o naks!
predicative 2 naku nakus

1 status as a case is disputed
2 in later, non-classical Volapük only

Wolof

Pronunciation

  • Audio:(file)

Noun

nak

  1. ox, cow