kakkerlak

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch kakkerlak.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.kər.lak/

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Noun

kakkerlak (plural kakkerlakke, diminutive kakkerlakkie)

1. cockroach (insect)

Dutch

Etymology

From kacker, a contemptuous term derived from kakken (“to shit, defecate”), and lacker (“talker, freeloader”), from likken (“to lick”), confused with an unrelated early Portuguese form cacalacca designating the insect. The Portuguese word has in turn been argued to be derived from a Caribbean word, which Spanish cucaracha and hence Englich cockroach also originate from.‘

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑ.kərˌlɑk/

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• Hyphenation: kak‧ker‧lak

Noun

kakkerlak m (plural kakkerlakken, diminutive kakkerlakje n)

1. cockroach (certain non-termite insect of the order Blattodea)
2. (derogatory) contemptible person
3. (soccer, colloquial, often derogatory) supporter of Feyenoord

Derived terms

• Duitse kakkerlak

Descendants

• Afrikaans: kakkerlak
• Berbice Creole Dutch: kakalaka
• Negerhollands: kakerlaker, kakelak
  • → Virgin Islands Creole: kakalaka, kakaroachee (dated)
• Skepi Creole Dutch: kakalaka
• → Lokono: kakalaka
• → Aukan: kakaaka
• → Caribbean Hindustani: calcattá
• → Danish: kakerlak
• → Indonesian: kakerlak
• → Papiamentu: kakalaka
• → Sranan Tongo: kakalaka
  • → Saramaccan: ahalakpákpa