nak

See also: Appendix:Variations of "nak"

English

Noun

nak (plural naks)

1. A female yak.

Anagrams

• Kan, Kan., NKA, kan, nka

Dutch

Etymology

Back-formation from nakkie.

Noun

nak c (plural nakken, diminutive nakje n)

1. (slang) a bump or small line of an insufflated drug

Usage notes

Commonly used in the diminutive, including the usual form nakkie (which resembles and is sometimes reinterpreted as a diminutive).

Coordinate terms

• lijn
• sleutelpunt

Related terms

• nakken

Epigraphic Mayan

Verb

nak

1. to conquer

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /naʔ/
• Rhymes: -aʔ
• Hyphenation: na

Verb

nak (dialectal)

1. abbreviation of hendak (“to want; to will”).

Jingpho

Etymology

Borrowed from Burmese နှက် (hnak).

Verb

nak

1. to strike

References

• Kurabe, Keita (2016 December 31) “Phonology of Burmese loanwords in Jinghpaw”, in Kyoto University Linguistic Research‎^[1], volume 35, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 91–128

Malay

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [naʔ]
• Rhymes: -ak
• Hyphenation: nak

Etymology 1

Contraction of hendak.

Preposition

nak (Jawi spelling نق)

1. (informal) Contraction of hendak.

   duit nak bayar hutang ― money for paying off debt

Verb

nak (Jawi spelling نق)

1. (informal, modal auxiliary) Contraction of hendak.

   Saya nak ke tandas sebentar.

   I want to go to the bathroom for a bit.

Etymology 2

Clipping of anak.

Noun

nak (Jawi spelling نق)

1. A term of address for someone noticeably younger.

   Ingatlah pesan mak ayah kamu, nak.

   Remember your parents' advice, young one.

Further reading

• “nak” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Rohingya

Alternative forms

• 𐴕𐴝𐴑 (nak) — Hanifi Rohingya script

Etymology

Cognate with Bengali নাক (nak).

Noun

nak (Hanifi spelling 𐴕𐴝𐴑)

1. nose

Tainae

Alternative forms

• (i)naagu

Noun

nak

1. water

References

• Terry Carlson, Tainae grammar essentials (1991; digitized 2006)
• Karl J. Franklin, Comparative Wordlist 1 of the Gulf District and adjacent areas (1975), page 67 (as (i)naagu)

Tehit

Noun

nak

1. breadfruit

Volapük

Noun

nak (nominative plural naks)

1. anchor

Declension

declension of nak

	singular	plural
nominative	nak	naks
genitive	naka	nakas
dative	nake	nakes
accusative	naki	nakis
vocative 1	o nak!	o naks!
predicative 2	naku	nakus

• ¹ status as a case is disputed
• ² in later, non-classical Volapük only

Wolof

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

nak

1. ox, cow