tak

• take (Standard English)
• tyek (Tyneside)

Dialectal form of take.

• IPA^(key): /tak/
• Rhymes: -ak
• Homophone: tack

tak (third-person singular simple present taks, present participle takkin, simple past teuk, past participle takken)

1. (Wearside, Durham) To take.

• ATK, KAT, Kat, TKA, kat

From Dutch tak (“branch, twig, offshoot”), from Middle Dutch tac (“pointy object, forked object”), from Old Dutch *takko (“pointy object”).

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tak (plural takke)

1. branch, twig, bough
2. branch, offshoot

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *tako.

• IPA^(key): [ˈtak]

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tak

1. so (very)

   Je tak dobrý! ― He is so good!

   Není to tak špatné. ― It’s not so bad.

2. so (therefore)

   Chtěl knihu, tak si zašel do knihovny. ― He wanted a book, so he went to the library.

3. so, in that way

   Tak to chodí ― That's the way it goes (lit. "so it goes")

tak

1. so

   Tak jděme! ― So let's go!

• takhle
• takto
• tolik

• tak in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• tak in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

• IPA^(key): /tak/, /ˈtɑɡ/, [ˈtˢɑɡ̊], [ˈtsʰɑ̈k]

From Old Norse þǫkk, from Proto-Germanic *þankō, *þankaz, cognate with English thank, German Dank.

tak c (singular definite takken, not used in plural form)

1. thanks

tak

1. thank you, thanks

From Middle Low German tacke, from Proto-Germanic *takkô (“prickle, spike, jag”), cognate with English tack, German Zacke.

tak c (singular definite takken, plural indefinite takker)

1. jag
2. point
3. cog
4. tooth
5. tine

• tak on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

tak

1. imperative of takke

From Middle Dutch tac (“pointy object, forked object”), from Old Dutch *takko (“pointy object”), from Frankish *takkō, from Proto-Germanic *takkô.

• IPA^(key): /tɑk/

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• Hyphenation: tak
• Rhymes: -ɑk

tak m (plural takken, diminutive takje n)

1. branch, twig, bough

   Synonyms: telg, twijg

2. branch, offshoot, division

• Takes on a negative meaning in some colloquial compounds, such as takkewijf, takke-eind, takkeherrie.

(plant branches):

• Afrikaans: tak
• Berbice Creole Dutch: taku
• Negerhollands: tak, takje, takkie
• → Aukan: taka

• kat

• IPA^(key): /tʰɛaːʰk/
• Rhymes: -ɛaːʰk

From Old Norse þak, from Proto-Germanic *þaką, from Proto-Indo-European *teg-.

tak n (genitive singular taks, plural tøk)

1. roof

• tekja

From Old Norse tak.

tak n (genitive singular taks, plural tøk)

1. grip, hold
2. A huge effort, major effort, strenuous effort.

From Old Norse tak.

• IPA^(key): /tʰaːk/
• Rhymes: -aːk

tak n (genitive singular taks, nominative plural tök)

1. grip, hold

• IPA^(key): /tak/, [taʔ]
• Rhymes: -tak, -ak, -k

Cognate with tidak, from Malay tak, from Proto-Malayic *daʔ (compare Malay tak), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *diaq.

tak

1. not (negates the meaning of the verb)

   Saya tak mau makan.

   I don't want to eat.

2. not (to no degree)

   Buku itu tak mahal.

   That book is not expensive.

• ta'

• tidak
• ndak (colloquial)
• nggak (colloquial)
• kagak (colloquial)

Onomatopoeic

tak (plural tak-tak, first-person possessive takku, second-person possessive takmu, third-person possessive taknya)

1. imitation of the sound of a pitted shell

From Dutch takt, from Latin tāctus.

tak (plural tak-tak, first-person possessive takku, second-person possessive takmu, third-person possessive taknya)

1. (engineering) stroke, cycle, phase

   motor dua tak ― two-stroke engine

• langkah
• lejang (Standard Malay)

• “tak” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Borrowed from Burmese တွက် (twak).

tak

1. To guess.

• Kurabe, Keita (2016-12-31), “Phonology of Burmese loanwords in Jinghpaw”, in Kyoto University Linguistic Research‎, volume 35, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 91–128

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *tako.

tak

1. so

• “tak”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022
• Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011), “tak”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi

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tak

1. but, but also

tak

1. particle used to reinforce or emphasize a certain word or idea, usually by reducing doubts about it; but... (really), in fact, surely, just

• IPA^(key): /tak/

tak

1. so

• Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928), “tak”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
• Starosta, Manfred (1999), “tak”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

• x (Internet slang)

Cognate with tidak, dak, from Proto-Malayic *daʔ (compare Indonesian tidak), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *diaq.

• IPA^(key): /taʔ/
• Rhymes: -taʔ, -aʔ

tak (Jawi spelling تق)

1. (informal) not (negates the meaning of the verb)

   Saya tak mahu makan. ― I don't want to eat.

2. (informal) not (to no degree)

   Buku itu tak mahal. ― That book is not expensive.

• (phonetic) IPA^(key): [tˠɑk]
• (phonemic) IPA^(key): /tˠæk/
• Bender phonemes: {tak}

tak

1. needlefish

• (Rālik) ta

• takin aļ

tak

1. (Ratak) eastward

• Marshallese–English Online Dictionary

From Old Northern French taque, ultimately of Germanic origin, probably from Frankish *takkō, from Proto-Germanic *takkô (“spike, thorn, prickle”).

tak (plural takes)

1. clasp
2. nail
3. A protective metal plate used on a cart to prevent wear.
4. (nautical) tack (a rope used to hold the foremost corner of the sail in place)
5. stability, endurance, steadfastness

• takke, take, tace

• taknail
• takken

• English: tack
• Scots: taik

• “tak, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

From Old Norse taka (“revenue”) (from the verb taka (“to take”)) and from Middle English taken (“to take”), itself from Old Norse.

tak (uncountable)

1. tack (a fee paid to a lord or king for the right to keep swine)

• take, takke, thac; tac (early form)

• English: tack
• Scots: tak, take

• “tak, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

tak (third-person singular simple present takketh, present participle takkende, takkynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle takked)

1. Alternative form of takken

tak (plural takes)

1. Alternative form of tach

tak (third-person singular simple present taketh, present participle takinge, first-/third-person singular past indicative toke, past participle taken)

1. Alternative form of taken

tak

1. Alternative form of take: imperative of taken
2. Alternative form of taken: past participle of taken

From Old Norse þak, from Proto-Germanic *þaką, from Proto-Indo-European *teg-. Cognate with Old English þæc (“roof, thack, thatch”).

tak n (definite singular taket, indefinite plural tak, definite plural taka or takene)

1. roof
2. ceiling

From Old Norse tak.

tak n (definite singular taket, indefinite plural tak, definite plural taka or takene)

1. grip

• “tak” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

• IPA^(key): /tɑːk/

From Old Norse þak, from Proto-Germanic *þaką, from Proto-Indo-European *teg-. Cognate with Old English þæc (“roof, thack, thatch”).

tak n (definite singular taket, indefinite plural tak, definite plural taka)

1. roof
2. ceiling

From Old Norse tak.

tak n (definite singular taket, indefinite plural tak, definite plural taka)

1. grip

tak

1. imperative of taka

• “tak” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Derived from the verb taka (“to take, grab”).

tak n (genitive taks, plural tǫk)

1. grip, hold

• orðtak (“phrase, expression”)

• taka f (“taking, capture; seizure, tax; revenue”)

• “tak”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *tako. First attested in the 15th century.

tak

1. so, in this way
2. so, to such a degree

tak

1. (in conjunction with jako) as well as, both, and
2. so; therefore, thus
3. (in conjunction with że) but, however
4. in order to
5. (in conjunction with acz) only if

• Polish: tak

• B. Sieradzka-Baziur, editor (2011–2015), “tak”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

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• IPA^(key): /tak/

tak (Perso-Arabic spelling تک)

1. A co-lexicalized intensifier.

• Liljegren, Henrik; Haider, Naseem (2011) Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)‎, Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN

Inherited from Old Polish tak. First attested in the 15th century.[1]. The "yes" sense is comes from tak jest, compare Italian sì.

• IPA^(key): /tak/

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• Rhymes: -ak
• Syllabification: tak
• Homophones: tag, Tag

tak (not comparable)

1. like this; so (in this way)

   Ona mi tak powiedziała. ― She told me so.

   Ja to robię tak. ― I do it like this.

2. so (used for emphasis)

   Było tak ciemno, że nic nie widziałem. ― It was so dark that I couldn't see anything.

   Kocham cię tak bardzo! ― I love you so much!

tak

1. yes

   Synonyms: ano, no

   Antonym: nie

   Zrobiłeś to? - Tak. ― Did you do that? - Yes, (I did).

tak

1. certainly, yes, of course

   Synonyms: owszem, dokładnie, racja, naturalnie, oczywiście, rzeczywiście, w rzeczy samej

   Antonym: nie

According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), tak is one of the top 10,355 most used words in Polish, appearing 273 times in scientific texts, 90 times in news, 217 times in essays, 431 times in fiction, and 892 times in plays, totaling 1903 times, making it the 21st most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.[2]

• tak in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• tak in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• “TAK”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], 30.03.2020
• “TAK”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], 05.09.2008
• Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807-1814), “tak”, in Słownik języka polskiego
• Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861), “tak”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1927), “tak”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 8, Warsaw, page 7

akt, kat, tka

From Early Scots tak, from Middle English taken (“to take”),[1] from Old English tacan (“to grasp, touch”), a borrowing from Old Norse taka (“to touch, take”) (from Proto-Germanic *tēkaną (“to touch”)) which gradually displaced the native Middle English nimen (“to take”). Cognates include English take and Norn taka. The noun is partly from the verb and partly from Old Norse tak (“grip”) and/or taka (“taking, seizure”), via Middle English tak, take.

• tae

• IPA^(key): [tɑk]

tak (third-person singular simple present taks, present participle takkin, simple past teuk, past participle taen or takken)

1. (transitive) To take.
   • 1790, Robert Burns, Tam o' Shanter:

     As market days are wearing late, / And folk begin to tak the gate

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2. (transitive) To trip.
3. (transitive) To affect.
4. (transitive) To marry.
5. (transitive) To understand, apprehend, take.

• tak the guid o

tak (plural taks)

1. capture, catch
2. captive
   1. (fishing) catch, haul
3. grip

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

tak (plural taks)

1. Alternative spelling of tack

From French taquet.

• IPA^(key): /tâːk/

tȃk m (Cyrillic spelling та̑к)

1. billiard-cue

From Italian tacco.

• IPA^(key): /tâk/

tȁk m (Cyrillic spelling та̏к)

1. (regional) shoe heel

From Ottoman Turkish طاق‎ (tak), from Persian طاق‎ (tâq).

• IPA^(key): /tâk/

tȁk m (Cyrillic spelling та̏к)

1. (regional) arc, arch, vault (of a building)

• “tak” in Hrvatski jezični portal
• “tak” in Hrvatski jezični portal

From Old Swedish þak, from Old Norse þak, from Proto-Germanic *þaką, from Proto-Indo-European *teg-.

• IPA^(key): /tɑːk/

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tak n

1. roof
2. ceiling

• täcka

• tak in Svensk ordbok.

• akt

From Ottoman Turkish طاق‎ (tak), from Arabic طَاق‎ (ṭāq), possibly from Middle Persian *tāk, a variant of tʾg (/tāg/, “arch”) (compare modern Persian طاق‎ (tâq, “arch”)). Doublet of taç (“crown; belt”).

tak

1. arch

• çardak

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “tak¹”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

tak

1. second-person singular imperative of takmak

From Latin taceō (“I am quiet, rest”).

tak (nominative plural taks)

1. rest, tranquility