Yak

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Scientific name 1.2.2 Translations 1.3 Verb 1.4 Alternative spellings 1.5 Noun 1.6 Alternative spellings 1.7 See also 2 Turkish 2.1 Verb form

English

Etymology

From the Tibetan (gyagk).

Noun

yak

1. An ox-like mammal native to the Himalayas and Tibet with dark, long and silky hair a horse like tail and a full bushy mane.

Scientific name

• Bos (mutus) grunniens- Wild yak
• Poephagus grunniens- Domestic yak

Translations

German: Yak, Jak Dutch: yak m Interlingua: yak Italian: yak m

Japanese: ヤク (yaku) Mongolian: сарлаг (sarlag) Polish: jak m Spanish: yac m Slovene: jak m Swedish: jak m Telugu: జడలబర్రె (jaDalabarre) Tibetan: གཡག་ (yak)

Verb

to yak (yakking/yakked)

1. To talk, particularly informally.
2. To vomit, usually as a result of consuming alcohol.

   Note: This is subject to the typically Australian 'have-a-verb' syntactic construction, as in 'I had a yak last night'. But this does not qualify 'yak' to be nominal.

Alternative spellings

• yack

Noun

yack (yakked, yakked)

1. A talk, particular an informal one.

Alternative spellings

• yack

See also

• yackety-yak

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Turkish

Verb form

yak

1. kindle (imperative)nl:yak

pl:yak zh:yak