daq

Chrau

Noun

daq

1. water

References

• David D. Thomas, Chrau grammar (1971)

Maltese

Root
d-w-q
8 terms

Alternative forms

• dieq
• doq (dialectal)

Etymology

From Arabic ذَاقَ (ḏāqa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /daːʔ/

• Audio (Gozo):

  (file)

Verb

daq (imperfect jduq, past participle midjuq, verbal noun dewqan or dewqien)

1. to taste (perceive the taste of)

   Synonym: (commoner) tiegħem

2. to taste, try (eat or drink a bit of in order to check the taste)
3. (figurative) to experience, to go through

Conjugation

Conjugation of daq

		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	doqt	doqt	daq		doqna	doqtu	daqu
	f			daqet
imperfect	m	nduq	dduq	jduq		nduqu	dduqu	jduqu
	f			dduq
imperative			duq				duqu

See also

• togħma

Musi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /daːʔ/
• Rhymes: -aːʔ

Adverb

daq

1. not (negates meaning of verb)
2. not (to no degree)

Usage notes

Daq is used to negate verbs and adjectives. For negating nouns and adverbs the word kan must be used.

Pacoh

Etymology

From Proto-Katuic *ɗaak, *ɗəək, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *ɗaak.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɗaːʔ]

Noun

daq

1. water

   Ngay seq daq ngay seq ngoj.

   They ask to drink water.

   (literally, “they ask water - they ask - to drink”)

References

• Richard L. Watson, Reduplication in Pacoh (1966), page 131
• Paul Sidwell, The Katuic languages: classification, reconstruction and comparative lexicon, Lincom Studies in Asian Linguistics 58 (2005), page 51 (uses the spelling daaʔ)