kåk

See also: Appendix:Variations of "kak"

Swedish

Etymology

Probably from an older sense, meaning a pole where different punishments were carried out on; probably denoting the structure or scaffolding the pole were raised on. If so, then inherited from Old Swedish kaker, from Middle Low German kāk, probably ultimately from the root of kägla (“pin, cone”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koːk/

Noun

kåk c

2. a (wooden) house in poor condition, a shack, a ramshackle house
3. (somewhat colloquial, by extension) a house (generally)

   köpa ny kåk

   buy a new house

4. (slang, chiefly in the definite) a prison

   Han sitter på kåken

   He's in prison

5. (poker) full house, a combination of a pair and three-of-a-kind

Usage notes

Might be losing (sense 1) outside compounds like kåkstad, but generally known in other senses.

Declension

Declension of kåk

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	kåk	kåks
	definite	kåken	kåkens
plural	indefinite	kåkar	kåkars
	definite	kåkarna	kåkarnas

Derived terms

• kåkstad

Further reading

• kåk in Svensk ordbok.
• kåk in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Welsh Romani

Noun

kåk m

1. uncle

Derived terms

• båro kåk
• kåkesko
• phureder kåk
• pårno kåk

 

References

• “kåk” in Welsh Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.