daak

Central Melanau

Etymology

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Noun

daak

1. blood

Gullah

Alternative forms

• daa'k

Etymology

From English dark.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɑːk/

Adjective

daak

1. (of color) dark

   Antonym: ut

Noun

daak

1. darkness

References

• Virginia Mixson Geraty, Gulluh fuh oonuh: Gullah for You (1997)
• Seminole Indian Scouts Cemetery Association. Afro-Seminole Creole Wikitongues Language Class

Ilocano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: da‧ák
• IPA^(key): /daˈʔak/, [dɐˈʔak]

Noun

daák

1. expectoration

Derived terms

• agdaak
• dumaak

Limburgish

Alternative forms

• Dakk (Eupen)
• Daak (Krefeld)

Etymology

From Middle Dutch dak, from Old Dutch *thak. Or from Middle Low German dak, from Old Saxon thak. Both ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *þak, from Proto-Germanic *þaką.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /daːk/
• Hyphenation: daak
• Rhymes: -aːk

Noun

daak n or f

1. roof
2. (mining) roof (The surface or bed of rock immediately overlying a bed of coal or a flat vein.)
3. (geology) a rock layer above a seam

Usage notes

• Neuter in most dialects, feminine in some dialects like the dialect of Sittard

Southeastern Tepehuan

Noun

daak

1. nose