bakkie

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Afrikaans bakkie, and then either: from Northern Dutch bakkie (informal), from Dutch bakje (“container; drinking vessel; (archaic) carriage for passengers”), from bak (“container; drinking vessel; vehicle; part of a vehicle for carrying loads; part of a carriage for carrying passengers”) (see further at that entry) + -je (diminutive suffix); or from Afrikaans bak (“container; part of a vehicle for carrying loads”) (from Dutch bak; see above) + -ie (diminutive suffix). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General American, General South African) IPA(key): /ˈbæki/, /ˈbʌ-/ Rhymes: -æki, -ʌki Hyphenation: bak‧kie Homophone: baccy === Noun === bakkie (plural bakkies) (Namibia, South Africa) A small bowl or container, sometimes with a cover such as a Tupperware container. [from late 19th c.] (road transport) A small pick-up truck or ute, generally open and sometimes fitted with a removable canopy, but distinct from an enclosed van and a large truck. [from mid 20th c.] ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === bakkie (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Jean Branford, editor (1978), “bakkie”, in A Dictionary of South African English, Cape Town, Western Cape: Oxford University Press, →ISBN. “bakkie”, in Double-tongued Word Wrester‎[1], 11 June 2004, archived from the original on 28 July 2005. == Afrikaans == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈba.ki/ === Noun === bakkie (plural bakkies) A bakkie (pick-up truck or ute) diminutive of bak ==== Descendants ==== → English: bakkie == Dutch == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbɑ.ki/ === Noun === bakkie n (plural bakkies) (Netherlands, colloquial) alternative form of bakje === Noun === bakkie n (plural bakkies) (chiefly Holland, colloquial) cuppa joe (a cup of coffee) ==== Derived terms ====