kaak

== English == === Alternative forms === ka'k, kaʻk (stricter transliterations) ka'ak (nonstandard) === Etymology === From Arabic كَعْك (kaʕk, “biscuit, cookie”) and Persian کاک (“biscuit, cookie, cake”). Likely a distant cognate with cake. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kɑːk/ === Noun === kaak (uncountable) Any of a variety of Middle Eastern biscuits and baked goods, usually sweet. == Bau Bidayuh == === Noun === kaak crow (any bird of the genus Corvus) == Dutch == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kaːk/ Hyphenation: kaak Rhymes: -aːk === Etymology 1 === From Proto-Germanic *kekǭ, *kēkǭ, *kakǭ, *kaukǭ, *keukǭ (“jaw; palate; pharynx”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵyewh₁- (“to chew”). ==== Noun ==== kaak m or f (plural kaken, diminutive kaakje n) jaw De kaakchirurg onderzocht zijn kaak en constateerde een kleine scheur. ― The jaw surgeon examined his jaw and found a small crack. cheek, cone Ze at een ijsje en voelde de kou op haar kaakjes. ― She ate an ice cream and felt the cold on her cheeks. gill De vis had prachtige rode kaken ― The fish had beautiful red gills. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== Negerhollands: kaak, kak, kaek → Virgin Islands Creole: kak (dated) === Etymology 2 === From Middle Dutch kaeck (“scaffold”), of obscure origin with no clues outside of Germanic; the non-Indo-European structure of a potential reconstruction *gVg- (two voiced consonants) may indicate a borrowing from a pre-Indo-European substrate language. German kak is borrowed from Low German. ==== Noun ==== kaak m or f (plural kaken, diminutive kaakje n) pillory ===== Derived terms ===== aan de kaak stellen === Etymology 3 === Borrowed from English cake. Doublet of cake. ==== Noun ==== kaak m or f (plural kaken, diminutive kaakje n) ship biscuit ===== Usage notes ===== The diminutive form kaakje is far more common and has a separate, more specific meaning of a (sweet) biscuit eaten alongside coffee or tea. === Etymology 4 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== kaak inflection of kaken: first-person singular present indicative (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative imperative === References === M. J. Koenen & J. Endepols, Verklarend Handwoordenboek der Nederlandse Taal (tevens Vreemde-woordentolk), Groningen, Wolters-Noordhoff, 1969 (26th edition) [Dutch dictionary in Dutch] == Greenlandic == === Etymology === From Proto-Eskimo *kaɣǝ-. Cognate with Inupiaq kauk (“walrus skin for food”). === Pronunciation === (Nuuk) IPA(key): /kaak/, [kəːk] === Noun === kaak (plural kaat) walrus skin ==== Declension ====