blak

== English == === Alternative forms === Blak === Etymology === Coined by visual artist Destiny Deacon in 1991 as an alteration of black. === Adjective === blak (comparative blakker, superlative blakkest) (Australia) Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander). ==== Derived terms ==== blakness === Noun === blak (plural blaks) (Australia, often offensive) An Indigenous Australian. === Anagrams === Balk, balk == Antigua and Barbuda Creole English == === Noun === blak (plural blak dem, quantified blak) black == Bislama == === Etymology === From English black. === Adjective === blak black == Faroese == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /plɛaːk/ Rhymes: -ɛaːk === Etymology 1 === verbal noun of blaka ==== Noun ==== blak n (genitive singular blaks, plural bløk) a thrown object a throw ===== Declension ===== ===== Synonyms ===== kast ===== Derived terms ===== kavablak ===== Related terms ===== blaka === Etymology 2 === From Old Irish bláthach via Early Middle Scots [Term?]. Compare Scottish Gaelic blàthach. ==== Noun ==== blak n (genitive singular blaks, uncountable) buttermilk ===== Declension ===== ===== Synonyms ===== blaðak == German == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -aːk === Verb === blak singular imperative of blaken (colloquial) first-person singular present of blaken == Icelandic == === Etymology === From Old Norse blak. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /plaːk/ Rhymes: -aːk === Noun === blak n (genitive singular blaks, nominative plural blök) flapping, waving (e.g. in the wind) light blow Synonyms: skellur, högg (sports) volleyball the tail of a halibut ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== == Middle English == === Alternative forms === blake, blakke, black, blac === Etymology 1 === From Old English blæc, from Proto-Germanic *blakaz. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /blak/, /blaːk/ ==== Adjective ==== blak (plural and weak singular blake, comparative blakker, superlative blakkest) black (of a black color) black (having black skin) black-haired dark, blackish ===== Descendants ===== English: black (see there for further descendants) Scots: black Yola: bhlock, blaak → Danish: blæk→ Faroese: blekk→ Norwegian Bokmål: blekk→ Norwegian Nynorsk: blekk→ Greenlandic: pilikki ===== References ===== “blā̆k, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. === Etymology 2 === ==== Adjective ==== blak alternative form of blake (“pale, yellowish”) === See also === == Tok Pisin == === Etymology === From English black. === Adjective === blak black