bakkie
See also: Bakkie
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbæ.ki/
- Rhymes: -æki
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Afrikaans bakkie, from dialectal Dutch bakkie, from bak (“a tough/cool car”, slang) + -ie (“-y, -ey”, diminutive suffix).
Noun
bakkie (plural bakkies)
- (Namibia, South Africa) A pick-up truck or ute, generally open, possibly fitted with a removable canopy or similar accessories, but distinct from a large truck and from a van or similar small utility vehicle.
Noun
bakkie (plural bakkies)
- (South Africa) A covered small bowl, such as a Tupperware container.
- 2007, Bree O'Mara, Home Affairs, page 148:
- That done, she passed around a bakkie of home-made chocolate biscuits to all the girls.
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References
- https://web.archive.org/web/20050728130554/http://www.doubletongued.org/index.php/dictionary/comments/805/
- 1978 A Dictionary of South African English. Edited Jean Branford. Oxford.
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbɑ.ki/
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