mak

Alternative forms

• myek (Geordie), make (Standard English)

Verb

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

1. (Wearside) to make

Anagrams

• KAM, KMA, kam

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɑk/

• Audio

  (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

• kam

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

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

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.

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-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)

1. Alternative form of emak

Noun

mak

1. kiss

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mak/

• audio

  (file)

Noun

mak m inan (diminutive maczek)

1. poppy, any plant of the genus Papaver

Further reading

• mak in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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.

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mâk/

Noun

mȁk m (Cyrillic spelling ма̏к)

1. poppy

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

Further reading

• mak in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

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

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

References

• mak in Svenska Akademiens Ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)
• mak in Svenska Akademiens ordbok online.

Etymology 1

Borrowed from German Mark.

Etymology 2

From English mark.

Adjective

mak

1. obedient
2. tame

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).

Etymology 2

Etymology 3