bak

1. (international standards)ISO 639-2 &ISO 639-3language code forBashkir.

bak (notcomparable)

1. (text messaging)Abbreviation ofback.

FromKorean박(bak).

bak (pluralbaks)

1. A woodenclapper used in Koreancourts andrituals

• bak tong gou

• BKA,kab

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bak

1. trunk(of a tree)

• 2007.The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

• IPA^(key):/bak/

FromDutchbak, fromFrenchbac.

bak (pluralbakke,diminutivebakkie)

1. coveredbowl,basin
2. tub,vat
3. boot (UK),trunk (US) of a car

FromDutchbakken, fromMiddle Dutchbacken.

bak (presentbak,present participlebakkende,past participlegebak)

1. tobake
2. tofry

Either a variant ofbark, or fromProto-Albanian*bauka, fromProto-Indo-European*bʰōw(“to blow, swell”), close toProto-Germanic*būkaz(“belly, body”),Dutchbuik(“belly”),GermanBauch(“belly, stomach”),Swedishbuk(“belly, abdomen”).

bak m (pluralbaqe,definitebaku,definite pluralbaqet)

1. belly,stomach

• bark
• lukth

• bakull

• bukur

bak

1. Romanization ofᬩᬓ᭄

• IPA^(key):/bɑk/

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• Hyphenation:bak
• Rhymes:-ɑk

FromFrenchbac.

bak m (pluralbakken,diminutivebakje n)

1. container, such as abox, acrate, atray or atub

   Synonym:krat

2. (informal, usually in theplural) alargeamount,lots

   Het regentbakken met water. ―It's raininglots of water.

3. (Netherlands) drinkingvessel, usually acup ormug

   Synonyms:kop,mok

4. (informal,Netherlands,Belgium,Bargoens) theslammer,jail,prison

   Synonyms:bajes,gevang,gevangenis,lik,nor

5. (colloquial) avehicle, acar

   Synonyms:auto,kar,wagen,waggie

• Afrikaans:bak
• Berbice Creole Dutch:baksi
• Negerhollands:bak
  • → Virgin Islands Creole:bak,baks(archaic)
• → Caribbean Hindustani:báki
• → Caribbean Javanese:bak,bag
• → Indonesian:bak,baki
  • → Javanese:ꦧꦏꦶ(baki)
  • → Ternate:baki
• → Javanese:ꦧꦏ꧀(bak)
• → Papiamentu:baki(from the diminutive)
• → Sranan Tongo:baki
  • → Caribbean Javanese:baki

Fromversnellingsbak, from etymology 1.

bak m (pluralbakken,diminutivebakje n)

1. Short forversnellingsbak.

• handbak

bak m (uncountable)

1. The act ofbaking (food).

• koekenbak
• wafelbak

bak

1. inflection ofbakken:
   1. first-personsingularpresentindicative
   2. (in case ofinversion)second-personsingularpresentindicative
   3. imperative

FromMiddle Dutch*bak,bake,baec(“meat from the back of a pig”), fromOld Dutch*bak(“back, rear”), fromProto-Germanic*baką. Cognate withEnglishback,Icelandicbak. Etymologically related tobakboord andachterbaks.

bak m (pluralbakken,diminutivebakje n)

1. The meat of a pig,pork.
2. Apig.

(Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium.)

bak m (pluralbakken,diminutivebakje n)

1. Ajoke,crack.

FromOld Norsebak, fromProto-Germanic*baką.

bak n (genitive singularbaks, pluralbøk)

1. back

• bringa
• barmur
• bulur
• búkur
• rumpa
• kroppur

(Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium.)

bak

1. (followslocative case-cha)side,position, in the direction of
2. part,section

FromFrenchbarque(“small boat”).

• IPA^(key):/bak/

bak

1. ferryboat, flat-bottomedboat
2. tray used by street vendors

• Targète, Jean and Urciolo, Raphael G.Haitian Creole-English dictionary (1993;→ISBN)

FromGermanBock(“buck”).

• IPA^(key):[ˈbɒk]
• Rhymes:-ɒk

bak (pluralbakok)

1. buck(a male goat, or the male of other small ruminants, such as the chamois or roe)
   • 1981, Gyula Viga, “Az állatok, a tartás technikája”, inNépi kecsketartás Magyarországon‎^[4]:

     Bakot főként a pásztorok tartottak, általában 40-50 jerkére egyet.

     Bucks were mostly kept by herders, usually one for every 40-50 does.

2. (historical)box seat,box(driver’s seat on a horse-drawn carriage or cart)
   • 1856,Mór Jókai, “A rém”, inA régi jó táblabírák:

     A kocsis mellett abakon ült az ispán, akinek jó volt ott is.

     The count was sitting next to the coachman on thebox, which suited him just fine.

3. trestle,sawhorse(support, usually made of wooden beams, with a pair of divergent legs at each end)
   • 2007, István Balogh, “Törökkávé”, inSzilveszter Szilveszter‎^[5]:

     Az öreg ladikot fenékkel fölfelé kétbakra állítják.

     The old punt is placed bottom up on twotrestles.

4. drawing horse,donkey bench(short bench for art students, with a raised end used to prop up a drawing board)
   • 2010, Katalin Vámosi, “Mazsaroff Miklós életének főbb mozzanatai”, inMazsaroff Miklós 1929–1997: A természet igézetében‎^[6]:

     A mester teraszán rajzoltunk a nemrégiben beszerzett néhánybakon.

     We used to draw on the master’s terrace on a couple of recently acquireddrawing horses.

5. (inset phrases)boost,leg up(cupping one’s hands so as to form a step for someone who is attempting to climb)
   • 2009, László Béres, “Utca így még nem várt karácsonyt”, inPetőfi Népe‎^[7], volume64, number 3:

     Ugyan már,bakot tart, én kimászok, leadom a létrát és mindketten kint vagyunk a gödörből.

     Oh come on, you give me aleg up, I climb out, lower the ladder, and we’re both out of the pit.

• bak inGéza Bárczi,László Országh,et al., editors,A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962.Fifth ed., 1992:→ISBN.
• bak inNóra Ittzés, editor,A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031(work in progress; publisheda–ez as of 2024).

FromOld Norsebak, fromProto-Germanic*baką.

• IPA^(key):/paːk/
• Rhymes:-aːk

bak n (genitive singularbaks,nominative pluralbök)

1. (anatomy)back
2. back,backside

• ber er hver að baki, nema sér bróður eigi
• stólbak

• IPA^(key):/bak/
• Hyphenation:bak

bak

1. preposition to denotecomparison
   • kedua anak muda itu wajahnya mirip,bak pinang dibelah dua

FromDutchbak(“container,vessel”).

• IPA^(key):/bɑk/
• Hyphenation:bak

bak

1. container
2. watercontainer

FromHokkien墨(ba̍k,“ink;Chineseink”).

• IPA^(key):/bak/
• Hyphenation:bak

bak

1. blackChineseink

Onomatopoeic.

• IPA^(key):/bak/
• Hyphenation:bak

bak

1. sound ofslapping orpunching

• “bak” inKamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta:Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Derived fromEnglishback.

• IPA^(key):/bak/

bak

1. back
   • 2012,Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published2012,→ISBN,2 Korintiyan 6:12:

     Wi naa uolbak wi lov fi unu bot unu a uolbak fi unu lov fi wi.

     We don't holdback our love for you but you holdback your love for us.

bak (pluralbak dem,quantifiedbak)

1. back (of the body)

   Mibak de hat mi.

   Myback is hurting.

• bak at majstro.com

bak

1. Romanization ofꦧꦏ꧀

bak

1. second-personsingularimperative ofbaken

FromOld Englishbæc, fromProto-West Germanic*bak, fromProto-Germanic*baką.

• bac,bacc,back,backe,bakke,bakk,bake

• IPA^(key):/bak/

bak (pluralbakkes)

2. Theback,hind, orrear of a being's body:
   • c. 1300, Havelok,Havelok the Dane

     Summe putten with gleyue inbac and side, And yeuen wundes longe and wide.

     (pleaseadd an English translation of this quotation)

   1. (figurative) What a person or creature carries or takes withthemself/itself.
   2. (rare) The parts of aperson which aren't visible to themself.
3. Theback, of something more generally; the non-facing side.
4. Thevertebrae orspine; the bone holding up the back.
5. (rare) Theextremities,margin or boundary of something.
6. (rare) The fur or hide of an animal(removed from an animal)

• abak
• bakbon
• bak side
• bakward
• horsbak
• thornbak

• English:back
• Scots:back,bak,bake

• beli
• behinde

• “bak,n.”, inMED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.:University of Michigan,2007, retrieved2018-09-12.

Fromabak.

• bac,bakk

bak

1. backward

• English:back
• Yola:bak

• “bak,adv. (& adj.).”, inMED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.:University of Michigan,2007.

A shortening ofOld Swedishnattbakka.

bak (pluralbakkes)

1. Alternative form ofbakke(“bat”)

FromOld Norsebak, fromProto-Germanic*baką.

bak

1. at theback,behind

   bak fram -back to front

   for langtbak - too far back / behind

bak

1. behind

   bak kulissene - behind the scenes

bak m (definite singularbaken,indefinite pluralbaker,definite pluralbakene)
bak n (definite singularbaket,indefinite pluralbak,definite pluralbakaorbakene)

1. (anatomy)behind,bottom,backside

   et sparkbak - a kick in / up the backside (etc.)

2. back,rear,seat(of trousers)
3. buttocks

bak

1. imperative ofbake

• “bak” inThe Bokmål Dictionary.

FromOld Norsebak, fromProto-Germanic*baką.

• IPA^(key):/bɑːk/

bak

1. at theback,behind

   bak fram -back to front

   for langtbak - too far back / behind

bak

1. behind

   bak kulissane - behind the scenes

bak m (definite singularbaken,indefinite pluralbakar,definite pluralbakane)
bak n (definite singularbaket,indefinite pluralbak,definite pluralbaka)

1. (anatomy)behind,bottom,backside

   eit sparkbak - a kick in / up the backside (etc.)

2. back,rear,seat(of trousers)

• “bak” inThe Nynorsk Dictionary.

Deverbal frombakać. First attested in 1448–1450.

• IPA^(key):(10^th–15^th CE)/baːk/
• IPA^(key):(15^th CE)/bɒk/

bak m animacy unattested

1. (attested inMasovia)shout,yell

   Synonym:bakliwość

   • 1895 [1448–1450],Mikołaj Suled, edited by Franciszek Piekosiński,Tłumaczenia polskie statutów ziemskich, Kodeks Świętosławów,Warka, page 9:

     Paan, szbakem a s gwalthowym ghelkem przydancz do sandv (dominus cum clamore et violento strepitu ad iudicium veniens), wyną pyancznadzescza ma bicz skaran

     [Pan zbakiem a z gwałtowym giełkiem przydąc do sądu (dominus cum clamore et violento strepitu ad iudicium veniens), winą pięćnadzieścia ma być skaran]

• B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “bak”, inSłownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków:IJP PAN,→ISBN

FromProto-West Germanic*bak, fromProto-Germanic*baką.

• IPA^(key):/ˈbɑk/

bak n

1. back(body part)
2. back(rear part of something)

• Middle Low German:bak
  • ⇒ Middle Low German:*huckebak
    • Low German:Huckeback
      • → German:huckepack

(Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key):/bak/

bak (Perso-Arabic spellingبک)

1. Co-lexicalized intensifier

• Henrik Liljegren, Naseem Haider (2011) “bak”, inPalula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)‎^[8], Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives,→ISBN

• IPA^(key):/ˈbak/

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• Rhymes:-ak
• Syllabification:bak
• Homophones:Bak,bug

Borrowed fromRussianбак(bak), fromDutchbak orGermanBack orEnglishback.

bak m inan

1. tank(fuel reservoir of a vehicle)

   Hypernym:zbiornik

2. tank(tankful)

tankful:

Borrowed fromGermanBackenbart.

bak m inan (diminutivebaczek)

1. sideburn

   Synonyms:baczek,bokobrody,faworyt

See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.

bak f

1. genitiveplural ofbaka

• bak inWielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• bak in Polish dictionaries at PWN
•  M. Arcta Słownik Staropolski/Bak on the Polish Wikisource.Wikisource^pl

FromDutchbak.

• IPA^(key):/bak/

bak

1. awater-basin

• Leontine Visser, Clemens Voorhoeve (1987)Sahu-Indonesian-English Dictionary, Brill

• IPA^(key):/bɑːk/

• Audio:

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FromOld Swedishbaker, fromOld Norsebak, fromProto-Germanic*baką. Related toEnglishback.

bak (notcomparable)

1. behind, at theback

• fram

• bakom
• bakre (adjective)
• bakerst (adverb)
• bakersta (adjective)
• bakerste (adjective)

bak

1. (dated)behind, 'hind

   när månen döljer sigbak vinrankan

   when the moon hides 'hind the grape vine

bak c

1. behind,ass,butt

bak n

1. baking

   Inget doftar som morsbak.

   Nothing smells like mom'sbaking.

Borrowed fromTurkishbak.

bak (presentbak,preteritebak,supinebak,imperativebak)

1. (slang)Alternative form ofbakk

• bak inSvensk ordbok (SO)
• bak inSvenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• bak inSvenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• bak inSvenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• Fula Ordboken
• Slangopedia

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bak

1. second-personsingularimperative ofbakmak

• → Swedish:bakk

bak

1. bone

• (Zinacantán)IPA^(key):/ɓäkʰ/

bak

1. bone

• kʼatin bak

• Laughlin, Robert M. (1975)The Great Tzotzil Dictionary of San Lorenzo Zinacantán. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press.

FromMiddle Englishbak.

• IPA^(key):/bak/(spelledback)^[1]

bak

1. back
   • 1927, “PAUDEEN FOUGHLAAN'S WEDDEEN”, inTHE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page133, lines19^[2]:

     A pipere velbak lik own in a smote,

     The piper fellback like one well smitten,

• (Standard Zhuang)IPA^(key):/paːk˧˥/
• Tone numbers: bak⁷
• Hyphenation: bak

FromProto-Tai*paːkᴰ(“mouth”).^[1]

In Northern Tai, cognate withSaekป̄าก.

In Central Tai, cognate withNong Zhuangbaeg.

In Southwestern Tai, cognate withThaiปาก(bpàak),Northern Thaiᨸᩣ᩠ᨠ,Laoປາກ(pāk),Shanပၢၵ်ႇ(pàak),Lüᦔᦱᧅ(ṗaak),Tai Damꪜꪱꪀ,Ahom𑜆𑜀𑜫(pak),Tai Nüaᥙᥣᥐᥱ(pǎak).

CompareSouthern Kambags(“mouth”),Proto-Be*ɓaːkᴰ¹(“mouth”) (whenceɓak⁷ in modern lects).

Compare alsoProto-Malayo-Polynesian*baqbaq (whenceCebuanobaba,Eastern Chamꨚꨝꩍ(pabah),Hawaiianvaha).

bak (Sawndip forms咟[2]or㕷[2]or北[2]or𫩡[2]or拍[2]or剥[2]or𠺣[2]or吧[2],1957–1982 spellingbak)

1. mouth
2. entrance;opening
3. account of orresponse to a particularissue
4. cuttingedge of atool
5. stitch;distance between stitches

FromChinese百 (MC paek).

In Southewesten Tai, cognate withThaiปาก(bpàak),Laoປາກ(pāk),Lüᦔᦱᧅ(ṗaak),Shanပၢၵ်ႇ(pàak).

bak (1957–1982 spellingbak)

1. hundred