kaak

kaak

1. crow (any bird of the genus Corvus)

• IPA^(key): /kaːk/

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• Hyphenation: kaak
• Rhymes: -aːk

From Proto-Germanic *kekǭ, *kēkǭ, *kakǭ, *kaukǭ, *keukǭ (“jaw; palate; pharynx”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵyewh₁- (“to chew”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Sooke (“cheek”), West Frisian tsjeak (“jaw”), English cheek, Swedish käke (“jaw; jowl”), Norwegian kjake (“jaw”), Old Norse kók (“mouth; gullet”).

kaak m or f (plural kaken, diminutive kaakje n)

1. jaw
2. cheek, cone
3. gill

• Negerhollands: kaak, kak, kaek
  • → Virgin Islands Creole: kak (dated)

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

kaak m or f (plural kaken, diminutive kaakje n)

1. pillory

• aan de kaak stellen

Borrowed from English cake.

kaak m or f (plural kaken, diminutive kaakje n)

1. ship biscuit

Commonly used in the diminutive form

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

kaak

1. first-person singular present indicative of kaken
2. imperative of kaken

• M. J. Koenen & J. Endepols, Verklarend Handwoordenboek der Nederlandse Taal (tevens Vreemde-woordentolk), Groningen, Wolters-Noordhoff, 1969 (26th edition) [Dutch dictionary in Dutch]

From Proto-Eskimo *kaɣǝ-. Cognate with Inupiaq kauk (“walrus skin for food”).

kaak (plural kaat)

1. walrus skin