mak

See also: Mak, mák, māk, måk, mąk, and -mak

English

Alternative forms

Verb

mak (third-person singular simple present maks, present participle makin, simple past and past participle maked or made)

  1. (Wearside, dialectal) to make

References

  • A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Bill Griffiths, 2005, Northumbria University Press, →ISBN

Anagrams


Car Nicobarese

Etymology

Suggested by Pinnow to derive from an earlier form um-dak, where the second element is cognate to Mundari दाः (dāḥ). The first element may be cognate to U ʔóm and/or Khasi um.

Noun

mak

  1. water (salt or fresh)
  2. stream

References

  • George Whitehead, Dictionary of the Car-Nicobarese Language (1925)
  • Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society (2002), page 80: In Car-Nicobarese mak. Central Nic. dak, Chowra rak, 'water', []
  • Heinz-Jürgen Pinnow, The Position of the Munda Languages within the Austroasiatic Language Family (1963), page 149

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɑk/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɑk

Adjective

mak (comparative makker, superlative makst)

  1. tame (domesticated, tamed)
  2. calm, tame (in a calm state of mind. not agitated)

Verb

mak

  1. first-person singular present indicative of makken
  2. imperative of makken

Anagrams


Kurdish

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian (compare Persian مادر (mâdar), Baluchi مات (mát), Pashto مور (mor), Ossetian мад (mad), Avestan 𐬨𐬁𐬙𐬀𐬭 (mātar)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian (compare Sanskrit मातृ (mā́tṛ), Hindi माता (mātā)), from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr (compare Armenian մայր (mayr), Greek μητέρα (mitéra), Russian мать (matʹ), Italian madre, English mother).

Noun

mak ?

  1. mother

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *makъ, from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ko-

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mak/

Noun

mak m

  1. poppy (any plant of the genus Papaver)
  2. poppyseed

Declension

Derived terms

  • mack
  • makaty
  • makowaty
  • makowy

Further reading

  • mak in Ernst Muka/Mucke (St. Petersburg and Prague 1911–28): Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow / Wörterbuch der nieder-wendischen Sprache und ihrer Dialekte. Reprinted 2008, Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag.
  • mak in Manfred Starosta (1999): Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag.

Malay

Alternative forms

Etymology

Shortened form of emak, from Proto-Malayic *əma-ʔ, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *əma-ʔ, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *əma-ʔ, from Proto-Sunda-Sulawesi *əma-ʔ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əma-ʔ, from *əma.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maʔ/
  • Rhymes: -maʔ, -aʔ

Noun

mak (Jawi spelling مق, plural mak-mak, informal first-person possessive makku, informal second-person possessive makmu, third-person possessive maknya)

  1. Alternative form of emak

North Frisian

Noun

mak

  1. kiss

Polish

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *makъ, from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂kos

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mak/
  • (file)

Noun

mak m anim

  1. (slang) McDonald's restaurant
    Niedawno otworzyli maka koło mnie.
    They recently opened a McDonald's near me.
  2. (slang, by extension) food from McDonald's

Declension

Noun

mak m inan (diminutive maczek)

  1. poppy, any plant of the genus Papaver

Declension

Further reading

  • mak in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Scots

Verb

mak (third-person singular present maks, present participle makkin, past made or makkit, past participle made or makkit)

  1. to make
    Mony fowk drink tae mak thaimselves feel blithe.
    Many people drink to make themselves feel happy.

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *makъ, from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂kos.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mâk/

Noun

mȁk m (Cyrillic spelling ма̏к)

  1. poppy

Declension

Derived terms


Slovak

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *makъ, from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ko-

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmak/

Noun

mak m (genitive singular maku, nominative plural maky, genitive plural makov, declension pattern of dub)

  1. poppy

Declension

Derived terms

  • makový
  • mačný, máčny
  • máčik
  • mačíček

Further reading

  • mak in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *makъ, from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ko-

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmák/, /ˈmáːk/
  • Tonal orthography: mȁk, mȃk

Noun

màk or mák m inan (genitive máka, nominative plural máki)

  1. poppy

Declension


Swedish

Etymology

Old Swedish mak, cognate with Danish mag, Middle Low German mak, German Gemach, assumed to originate from an unattested Old Swedish adjective maker (easy, calm, fit, suiting, appropriate), cognate with Icelandic makr, Old English gemæc, related to German verb machen (to make)

Noun

mak n

  1. a state of leisure; almost exclusively used in the expression:
    i sakta mak
    slowly, without hurry

Declension

  • Nowadays never inflected, but historically with the definite form maket.

References


Tok Pisin

Etymology 1

Borrowed from German Mark.

Noun

mak

  1. (obsolete) shilling

Etymology 2

From English mark.

Noun

mak

  1. sign, brand, mark, symbol

Verb

mak

  1. to mark

West Frisian

Adjective

mak

  1. obedient
  2. tame

Inflection

Inflection of mak
uninflected mak
inflected makke
comparative makker
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial makmakkerit makst
it makste
indefinite c. sing. makkemakkeremakste
n. sing. makmakkermakste
plural makkemakkeremakste
definite makkemakkeremakste
partitive maksmakkers

Further reading

  • mak”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

Zhuang

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Tai *ʰmaːkᴰ (fruit). Cognate with Thai หมาก (màak), Lao ໝາກ (māk), ᦖᦱᧅ (ṁaak), Shan မၢၵ်ႇ (màak).

Noun

mak (old orthography mak)

  1. fruit; nut
Derived terms
  • makbenjdauz
  • makbingzgoj
  • makbizbaz
  • makbug
  • makbugdiengz
  • makcaujcij
  • makdauz
  • makdoengj
  • makdumh
  • makfiengz
  • makgak
  • makgam
  • makgyaeuq
  • makgyamj
  • makhaeuq
  • makhwzdauz
  • makit
  • maklaeq
  • maklangz
  • makleiz
  • maklozhan
  • makmaenj
  • makmanghgoj
  • makmbi
  • maknam
  • maknganx
  • maknim
  • maknimhenj
  • makningzmungx
  • makraem
  • makseq
  • maksigloux
  • makvengj
  • makyid
  • makyungz

Etymology 2

Noun

mak (old orthography mak)

  1. kidney
    Synonyms: samndaen, iucij

Etymology 3

Noun

mak (old orthography mak)

  1. smallpox
  2. cowpox
  3. smallpox vaccine
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