yakyak

Southwestern Dinka

Etymology

Related to Bongo kuku (“lung”), Belanda Bor fukfuk (“lung”).

Noun

yakyak (plural yɔkyɔk)

1. lung

References

• Dinka-English Dictionary‎, 2005

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• yacyac — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /jakˈjak/ [jɐkˈjak̚]
• Rhymes: -ak
• Syllabification: yak‧yak

Etymology 1

Adjective

yakyák (Baybayin spelling ᜌᜃ᜔ᜌᜃ᜔)

1. given to foolish and meaningless talk; fond of chatting or babbling

   Synonyms: maabla, madaldal, masasat

Noun

yakyák (Baybayin spelling ᜌᜃ᜔ᜌᜃ᜔)

1. foolish, empty, or meaningless talk; babble; chatter

   Synonyms: abla, daldal, satsat, yapyap

Derived terms

• yakyakan

Etymology 2

Adjective

yakyák (Baybayin spelling ᜌᜃ᜔ᜌᜃ᜔)

1. crushed, destroyed, or trampled on by passers-by

   Synonyms: tahak, yurak

Noun

yakyák (Baybayin spelling ᜌᜃ᜔ᜌᜃ᜔)

1. act of crushing or destroying by passing across it (of a planted field, etc.)

   Synonyms: tahak, pagtahak

2. act of trampling on something under one's feet

   Synonyms: yurak, pagyurak

Derived terms

• yakyakin

Etymology 3

Noun

yakyák (Baybayin spelling ᜌᜃ᜔ᜌᜃ᜔)

1. impetuousness

   Synonyms: pagkagahasa, pagkamayakyak

Derived terms

• pagkamayakyak

Etymology 4

Noun

yakyák (Baybayin spelling ᜌᜃ᜔ᜌᜃ᜔)

1. (obsolete) envy; jealousy

   Synonyms: hili, selos, inggit, pagkahili, pagkainggit, panaghili, kayakyakan, pagkayakyak

Derived terms

• kayakyakan
• mayakyakin
• pagkayakyak

See also

• panibugho

Etymology 5

Adjective

yakyák (Baybayin spelling ᜌᜃ᜔ᜌᜃ᜔)

1. (dialectal) fallen (as of flowers or petals)

   Synonyms: nakayakyak, nayakyak, lagas, laglag

Derived terms

• mayakyak
• nakayakyak

Further reading

• “yakyak”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018.