mak

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mak"

Translingual

Symbol

mak

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

See also

• Wiktionary's coverage of Makasar terms

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mæk/

Alternative forms

• myek (Geordie)
• make (Standard English)

Verb

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

1. (Wearside, Durham, dialectal) Alternative form of make

References

• Bill Griffiths, editor (2004), “mak”, in A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear: Northumbria University Press, →ISBN.

See also

• mak nyah

Anagrams

• AMK, KAM, KMA, kam

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

Etymology

From Middle Dutch gemac (“tame, manageable”); see gemak (“comfort, ease”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɑk/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɑk

Adjective

mak (comparative makker, superlative makst)

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

Descendants

• Afrikaans: mak

Verb

mak

1. inflection of makken:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

Anagrams

• kam

Kashubian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *makъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmak/
• Rhymes: -ak
• Syllabification: mak

Noun

mak

1. poppy

Further reading

• “mak”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022
• Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “mak”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎^[1]

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mak/

Noun

mak m inan

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

Declension

Declension of mak

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	mak	maka	maki
Genitive	maka	makowu	makow
Dative	makoju	makoma	makam
Accusative	mak	maka	maki
Instrumental	makom	makoma	makami
Locative	maku	makoma	makach

Derived terms

• mack
• makaty
• makowaty
• makowy

 

Further reading

• Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “mak”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
• Starosta, Manfred (1999) “mak”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

Malay

Alternative forms

• emak, umak
• امق, مق, اومق

Etymology

Shortened form of emak, from Proto-Malayic *əma-ʔ, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *əma-ʔ, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *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 1st possessive makku, 2nd possessive makmu, 3rd possessive maknya)

1. Alternative form of emak

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

mak

1. Alternative form of make (“equal, partner”)

Etymology 2

Noun

mak

1. Alternative form of make (“build”)

Etymology 3

Verb

mak

1. Alternative form of maken

North Frisian

Noun

mak

1. kiss

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *máHtā (compare Persian مادر (mâdar), Baluchi مات (mát), Pashto مور (mor), Ossetian мад (mad), Avestan 𐬨𐬁𐬙𐬀𐬭 (mātar)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *máHtā (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 f

1. mother (only in reference to animals)

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmak/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ak
• Syllabification: mak
• Homophones: mag, Mak

Etymology 1

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

Noun

mak m inan (diminutive maczek)

1. poppy (any plant of the genus Papaver)

Declension

Declension of mak

	singular	plural
nominative	mak	maki
genitive	maku	maków
dative	makowi	makom
accusative	mak	maki
instrumental	makiem	makami
locative	maku	makach
vocative	maku	maki

Etymology 2

Clipping of McDonald's.

Noun

mak m animal

1. (slang) McDonald's restaurant, Mickey D's

   Niedawno otworzyli maka koło mnie. ― They recently opened a McDonald's near me.

2. (slang, by extension) food from McDonald's

Declension

Declension of mak

	singular	plural
nominative	mak	maki
genitive	maka	maków
dative	makowi	makom
accusative	maka	maki
instrumental	makiem	makami
locative	maku	makach
vocative	maku	maki

Further reading

• mak in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• mak in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Scots

Etymology

From Middle English maken, from Old English macian.

Verb

mak (third-person singular simple present maks, present participle makkin, simple 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

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mâk/

Noun

mȁk m (Cyrillic spelling ма̏к)

1. poppy

Declension

Declension of mak

	singular	plural
nominative	mȁk	màkovi
genitive	maka	makova
dative	maku	makovima
accusative	mak	makove
vocative	mače	makovi
locative	maku	makovima
instrumental	makom	makovima

Derived terms

• makòvnjača

Slovak

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmak/

Noun

mak m inan

1. poppy

Declension

Declension of mak

	singular	plural
nominative	mak	maky
genitive	maku	makov
dative	maku	makom
accusative	mak	maky
locative	make	makoch
instrumental	makom	makmi

Derived terms

• mačíček
• máčik
• mačný, máčny
• makový

 

Further reading

• “mak”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Slovene

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mák/, /máːk/

Noun

mȁk or mȃk m inan

1. poppy

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nom. sing.	màk
gen. sing.	máka
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	màk	máka	máki
genitive (rodȋlnik)	máka	mákov	mákov
dative (dajȃlnik)	máku	mákoma	mákom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	màk	máka	máke
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	máku	mákih	mákih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	mákom	mákoma	máki

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nom. sing.	mák
gen. sing.	máka
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	mák	máka	máki
genitive (rodȋlnik)	máka	mákov	mákov
dative (dajȃlnik)	máku	mákoma	mákom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	mák	máka	máke
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	máku	mákih	mákih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	mákom	mákoma	máki

Further reading

• “mak”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish mak, assumed to originate from an unattested Old Swedish adjective *maker (“easy, calm, fit, suiting, appropriate”), from Old Norse makr (“easy to deal with”).

Cognates

Cognate with Icelandic makr, Old English gemæc, Danish mag, Middle Low German mak, German Gemach; also 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.

Related terms

• förmak
• gemak
• maka
• make
• maklig
• omak

 

References

• mak in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• mak in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• mak in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Anagrams

• kam

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		mak	makker	it makst it makste
indefinite	c. sing.	makke	makkere	makste
	n. sing.	mak	makker	makste
	plural	makke	makkere	makste
definite		makke	makkere	makste
partitive		maks	makkers	—

Further reading

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

Wutunhua

Etymology

Borrowed from Tibetan དམག (dmag).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mɐx]

Noun

mak

1. soldier

   gu mak dang-lio-de re.

   He has [certainly] been a soldier.

   (Quoted in Janhunen et al., p. 94)

References

• Juha Janhunen, Marja Peltomaa, Erika Sandman, Xiawu Dongzhou (2008) Wutun (LINCOM's Descriptive Grammar Series), volume 466, LINCOM Europa, →ISBN

Zhuang

Pronunciation

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /maːk˧˥/
• Tone numbers: mak⁷
• Hyphenation: mak

Etymology 1

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

Noun

mak (Sawndip forms 𭽝 or 𰙁 or 漠 or ⿰木没 or 模 or 莫 or ⿱艹墨, 1957–1982 spelling mak)

1. fruit; nut

Derived terms

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

 

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

mak (1957–1982 spelling mak)

1. kidney

   Synonyms: (dialectal) samndaen, (dialectal) iucij

Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

mak (1957–1982 spelling mak)

1. smallpox
2. cowpox
3. smallpox vaccine