maake

From Middle Limburgish maken, from Old Limburgish makōn, from Proto-West Germanic *makōn. Not from Middle Dutch māken as the modern form in many dialects would have been mǫǫke.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaː.kə/
• Rhymes: -aːkə

maake (third-person singular present maakt, past participle gemaakt, auxiliary verb haane) (widespread)

1. (transitive) to make, form , produce, create (an object, arrangement, situation, etc.)
2. (transitive, of food, drinks, etc.) to make, prepare
3. (transitive, informal) to do
4. (transitive, with an adjective) to make (to cause to be)
5. (transitive, arithmetic) to make, be, equal (the result of a calculation)
6. (transitive, informal, colloquial) to make, earn (to earn, gain wages, profit, etc.)
7. (transitive, impersonal, colloquial) to matter (to be important)
8. (intransitive, informal, euphemistic) to do one's business, do number two or number one, go (to defecate or urinate)
9. (reflexive) to do (to fare or perform (well or poorly))
10. (with et, 't) to live

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• maak

From Middle English maken, from Old English makian, from Proto-West Germanic *makōn.

maake (third-person singular maakes, simple past maate or maade, past participle ee-maate or ee-mate)

1. make
   • 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY:

     Maake wye.

     Make way.

• maakere

• Jacob Poole (1867), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, page 55