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).

Bakkie as used by a typical informal street vendor in South Africa

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.

Translations

any light delivery vehicle

Afrikaans: bakkie (af)

German: Bakkie (de) m

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Afrikaans bak (“bowl, dish”).

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.

References

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/
Audio (file)

Noun

bakkie n (plural bakkies)

(Netherlands, colloquial) Alternative form of bakje.

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