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yak

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English

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Yaks in Tibet

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Tibetan གཡག (g.yag), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g-jak ~ g-jaŋ.

Noun

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yak (plural yak or yaks)

  1. An ox-like mammal native to the Himalayas, Mongolia, Burma, and Tibet with dark, long, and silky hair, a horse-like tail, and a full, bushy mane.
    • 2008, Scott R. R. Haskell, Blackwell's Five-Minute Veterinary Consult: Ruminant, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 619:
      Utilization efficiency of dietary protein in the yak differs with diet composition and feeding level, age, sex, body condition score, and animal production level (e.g., growth, lactation). Researchers reported no difference between lactating and dry cows in crude protein digestibility, although lactating yak tend to consume more feed than dry yak.
    • 2004, Wilson G. Pond, Encyclopedia of Animal Science (Print), CRC Press, →ISBN, page 899:
      Attempts are now being made, by selection, to create a new breed of yak (the Datong yak) from such crosses. Hybridization of domestic yak with local cattle, at intermediate elevations, has been practiced for generations. The hybrids inherit some of the good characteristics from each species, but lack the adaptation of the yak to the harsh conditions at higher elevations.
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Etymology 2

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Apparently an onomatopoeia.

Alternative forms

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Verb

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yak (third-person singular simple present yaks, present participle yakking, simple past and past participle yakked)

  1. (slang, intransitive) To talk, particularly informally but persistently; to chatter or prattle.
    • 1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter XI, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, →OCLC:
      “You'll like Poppet. Nice dog. Wears his ears inside out. Why do dachshunds wear their ears inside out?” “I could not say, sir.” “Nor me. I've often wondered. But this won't do, Jeeves. Here we are, yakking about Jezebels and dachshunds, when we ought to be concentrating our minds […]
    • 2001, Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections:
      And in the last few days Clair's boundless capacity to yak about herself while Melissa listened had turned Chip against her, too.
  2. (slang, intransitive) To vomit, usually as a result of excessive alcohol consumption.
    • 1998, Tim Herlihy, The Wedding Singer, spoken by Glenn Guglia (Matthew Glave):
      She'll feel better when she yaks.
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Noun

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yak (countable and uncountable, plural yaks)

  1. (slang) A talk, particular an informal talk; chattering; gossip.
    • 1962, Ian Fleming, chapter 9, in The Spy Who Loved Me:
      Sluggsy said indifferently, ‘You’ll be wised up come morning. Meanwhiles, howsabout shuttin’ that dumb little hashtrap of yours? All this yak is bending my ear. I want some action.
    • 1983, Nicolas Freeling, The Back of the North Wind, →ISBN:
      The sudden head-down butt jabbed into someone’s face, is a highly effective way of putting a stop to his yack.
  2. (slang) A laugh.
    • 1951, Fredric Brown, Mack Reynolds, Cartoonist:
      Would-be gags from would-be gagsters. And, nine chances out of ten, not a yak in the lot.
  3. (slang) Vomit.
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Etymology 3

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A yak (musical instrument)

Borrowed from Korean 약 (yak).

Noun

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yak (plural yaks)

  1. a traditional Korean flute used in court music

Etymology 4

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Shortening.

Noun

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yak (plural yaks)

  1. (slang) A kayak.

Etymology 5

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Shortening.

Noun

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yak (plural yaks)

  1. (slang) cognac.
    • 2018 November 30, “Bits” (track 10), in Original Sounds‎[1], performed by Bru-C and Window Kid:
      Quick cash, flip that, now I got big cash. Sit back, sip yak with a next piff yat.

Anagrams

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Choctaw

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Adverb

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yak

  1. thus

References

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  • Cyrus Byington, A Dictionary of the Choctaw Language

Dutch

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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yak m (plural yakken or yaks, diminutive yakje n)

  1. Alternative spelling of jak

French

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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yak m (plural yaks)

  1. Alternative spelling of yack

Further reading

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Italian

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from Tibetan གཡག (g.yag), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g-jak ~ g-jaŋ.

Noun

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yak m (invariable)

  1. a yak (bovine)
    Synonym: bue tibetano

Kokborok

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Bodo-Garo *yak (“hand; arm”). Cognate with Garo jak (“hand”).

Noun

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yak

  1. hand

References

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  • Debbarma, Binoy (2001) “yak”, in Concise Kokborok-English-Bengali Dictionary‎[2], Language Wing, Education Department, TTAADC, →ISBN, page 142

Manx

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English yak, from Tibetan གཡག (g.yag), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g-jak ~ g-jaŋ.

Noun

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yak m (genitive singular yak, plural yakkyn)

  1. yak

Q'eqchi

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Noun

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yak

  1. lynx

Further reading

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  • Ch'ina tusleb' aatin q'eqchi'-kaxlan aatin ut kaxlan aatin-q'eqchi' (Guatemala, 1998) [3]

Romanian

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Alternative forms

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Noun

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yak m (plural yaci)

  1. yak (bovine mammal)

Savi

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Etymology

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From Sanskrit एक (eka).

Numeral

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yak

  1. (cardinal number) one

References

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  • Knobloch, Nina (2020) A grammar sketch of Sauji: An Indo-Aryan language of Afghanistan‎[4], Stockholm: Stockholm University

Spanish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Tibetan གཡག (g.yag), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g-jak ~ g-jaŋ.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʝak/ [ˈɟ͡ʝak]
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈʃak/ [ˈʃak]
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʒak/ [ˈʒak]

  • Rhymes: -ak
  • Syllabification: yak

Noun

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yak m (plural yak or yaks)

  1. yak (bovine)

Further reading

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Tagalog

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from English yuck.

Interjection

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yak (Baybayin spelling ᜌᜃ᜔)

  1. used to indicate disgust or nausea: yuck; ew
    Synonym: kadiri
    Yak! Minamanyak niya 'yong babae!
    Yuck! He's perverting that girl!

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from English yak, from Tibetan གཡག (g.yag).

Noun

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yak (Baybayin spelling ᜌᜃ᜔)

  1. yak (mammal)

Anagrams

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Turkish

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Etymology

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From English yak, from Tibetan གཡག (g.yag), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g-jak ~ g-jaŋ.

Noun

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yak (definite accusative yakı, plural yaklar)

  1. yak (ox-like mammal)

Synonyms

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Verb

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yak

  1. second-person singular imperative of yakmak

Uzbek

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Other scripts
Yangi Imlo
Cyrillic як‍
Latin ‍
Perso-Arabic
(Afghanistan)

Etymology

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Inherited from Chagatai یَک, from Classical Persian یَک (yak).

Numeral

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yak

  1. one
    Synonym: bir
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