yakyak

Southwestern Dinka

Etymology

Related to Bongo kuku (lung), Belanda Bor fukfuk (lung).

Noun

yakyak (plural yɔkyɔk)

  1. lung

References

  • Dinka-English Dictionary, 2005

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /jakˈjak/ [jɐkˈjak]
  • Rhymes: -ak
  • Syllabification: yak‧yak

Adjective

yakyák (Baybayin spelling ᜌᜃ᜔ᜌᜃ᜔)

  1. given to foolish and meaningless talk; fond of chatting or babbling
    Synonyms: maabla, madaldal, masasat

Noun

yakyák (Baybayin spelling ᜌᜃ᜔ᜌᜃ᜔)

  1. foolish, empty, or meaningless talk; babble; chatter
    Synonyms: abla, daldal, satsat, yapyap

Derived terms

Adjective

yakyák (Baybayin spelling ᜌᜃ᜔ᜌᜃ᜔)

  1. crushed, destroyed, or trampled on by passers-by
    Synonyms: tahak, yurak

Noun

yakyák (Baybayin spelling ᜌᜃ᜔ᜌᜃ᜔)

  1. act of crushing or destroying by passing across it (of a planted field, etc.)
    Synonyms: tahak, pagtahak
  2. act of trampling on something under one's feet
    Synonyms: yurak, pagyurak

Derived terms

Noun

yakyák (Baybayin spelling ᜌᜃ᜔ᜌᜃ᜔)

  1. impetuousness
    Synonyms: pagkagahasa, pagkamayakyak
Derived terms

Noun

yakyák (Baybayin spelling ᜌᜃ᜔ᜌᜃ᜔)

  1. (obsolete) envy; jealousy
    Synonyms: hili, selos, inggit, pagkahili, pagkainggit, panaghili, kayakyakan, pagkayakyak
Derived terms
See also

Adjective

yakyák (Baybayin spelling ᜌᜃ᜔ᜌᜃ᜔)

  1. (dialectal) fallen (as of flowers or petals)
    Synonyms: nakayakyak, nayakyak, lagas, laglag
Derived terms
  • mayakyak
  • nakayakyak

Further reading

  • yakyak”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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