makak

makak m anim

1. macaque

From French macaque (“macaque”), from Portuguese macaco (“macaque”), of unknown origin. Doublet with Dutch makaak (“macaque”).

makak m (plural makakken, diminutive makakje n)

1. (Belgium, derogatory, ethnic slur) someone of Moroccan or Maghreb origin

From French macaque (“macaque”).

• IPA^(key): /maˈkak/

makak

1. monkey

Borrowed from Polish makak.

• IPA^(key): /ˈma.kak/
• Rhymes: -akak
• Syllabification: ma‧kak

makak m animal

1. macaque (monkey of the genus Macaca)

• Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “makak”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎^[1]

From Proto-Algonquian *mahkahkwi (“box, container”). Cognate with Menominee mahkāh (“box”), Cree ᒪᐦᑲᕁ (mahkahk, “tub, barrel, box”).

makak inan (plural makakoon, diminutive makakoons, locative makakong, pejorative makakosh, stem makakw-)

1. box

   Boozitoon iniw makakoon imaa odaabaaning.

   Load those boxes into the car.

2. basket (especially one of birchbark)
3. semi-rigid or rigid container

• biskitenaagan (“birchbark basket”)

• The Ojibwe People's Dictionary https://ojibwe.lib.umn.edu/main-entry/makak-ni

Learned borrowing from New Latin Macaca, from Portuguese macaca.

• IPA^(key): /ˈma.kak/

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• Rhymes: -akak
• Syllabification: ma‧kak

makak m animal

1. macaque (any monkey of the genus Macaca)

• → Kashubian: makak

• makak in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• makak in Polish dictionaries at PWN