gak

See also: Gäk

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: găk, IPA^(key): /ɡæk/
• Rhymes: -æk
• Homophones: gac, gack

Interjection

gak

1. Alternative form of gack (“expression of disgust or disapproval”)
   • 2002, 93 Percent Wise, “the NT then and now”, in alt.messianic (Usenet):

     proselytizing is, ultimately, a disgusting way of relating to people. whether it's amway, xnty, or discovery toys, it's just awful manipulation pride and disrespect. i hate it, i hate that i did it, it's yucky yucky yucky. puke puke gak vomit.

   • 2009 March 19, Joel Rubinoff, “It's not a dream: They're back”, in Toronto Star:

     Unsure what to make of it, I flicked on Entertainment Tonight (7:30 p.m. weekdays on NBC, Global) to find — gak — his sister Marie, who served her own headline-grabbing stint on Dancing two seasons ago, being treated like visiting royalty by the outrageously overcaffeinated Mary Hart.

2. Alternative form of gack (“expression of trepidation”)
   • 2008, Erin McCarthy, You Don't Know Jack:

     Gak. She'd thought that's what it meant. Her heart slammed into her gut. No, no, no.

Noun

gak (uncountable)

1. (slang) Alternative form of gack (“crystal meth”)
2. (slang) Alternative form of gack (“powder cocaine”)

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *gauka, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷōus (“ox, cow”) (compare English cow, Latvian govs, Ancient Greek βοῦς (boûs)). Also see ka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡak/

Noun

gak m (plural geqe, definite gaku, definite plural geqet)

1. boar (male pig)

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	gak	gaku	geqe	geqet
accusative		gakun
dative	gaku	gakut	geqeve	geqeve
ablative			geqesh

Declension of gak

Derived terms

• gakth

Bonkiman

Pronoun

gak

1. you (singular)

References

• transnewguinea.org, citing McElhanon, KA & Voorhoeve, CL. 1970. The Trans-New Guinea Phylum: Explorations in deep-level genetic relationships. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics.

Cebuano

Etymology

From English gac, from Vietnamese gấc.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: gak

Noun

gak

1. the spiny bitter gourd (Momordica cochinchinensis)

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡ̊ɑɡ̊]

Etymology 1

From gaga (“gaga”), from French gaga, from gâteux (“senile, incontinent”).

Adjective

gak (uninflected)

1. bats, nuts (see Thesaurus:insane)

Synonyms

• gakgak
• tåbelig
• vanvittig
• gakket

Derived terms

• være gak i låget (“to be bats or nuts”)

Noun

gak n (uninflected)

1. madness, insanity (see Thesaurus:insanity)

Synonyms

• gakgak
• vanvid

Derived terms

• have gak i låget (“to be bats or nuts”)

Etymology 2

From Old Norse gakk, imperative of ganga, with assimilation of final -ng.

Verb

gak

1. (archaic) imperative of gå

Indonesian

Adverb

gak

1. Alternative form of enggak

Kalasha

Noun

gak

1. cow

Malay

Etymology

Clipping of jugak.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡak/, [ɡaʔ]
• Rhymes: -ak

Adverb

gak (Jawi spelling ݢق)

1. (colloquial) Alternative form of juga.

Noun

gak (Jawi spelling ݢق, plural gak-gak, informal 1st possessive gakku, 2nd possessive gakmu, 3rd possessive gaknya)

1. (onomatopoeia) The sound that a crow makes.

Further reading

• “gak” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Southeastern Tepehuan

Etymology

Cognate with Northern Tepehuan gáki, Cora huajchi, Central Tarahumara wakí (“dried tree or stick”).

Adjective

gak (plural gagaak)

1. dry
2. thin

Related terms

• gakiaꞌ

References

• R. de Willett, Elizabeth, et al. (2016) Diccionario tepehuano de Santa María Ocotán, Durango (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 48)‎ (in Spanish), electronic edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 61

Tyap

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡák/

Noun

gak (plural a̱gi̱gak)

1. boundary