Complete Definition of "yak"

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English
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Image:In Tibet, yaks are decorated and honored by the families they are part of.jpg|thumb|Yaks in Tibet

Etymology 1
From the w:Tibetan language|Tibetan (gyagk).

Pronunciation
IPA|/jæk/
rhymes|æk

Noun
en-noun

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

Translations
trans-top|ox-like mammal
Chinese: �� (máoniú)
Dutch: jak m
Finnish: jakki
French: yack m, yak m
German: Yak, Jak
Interlingua: yak
Italian: #Italian|yak m
Japanese: �� (yaku)
trans-mid
Mongolian: �а�лаг (sarlag)
Polish: jak m
Spanish: yac m
Slovene: jak m
Swedish: jak m
Telugu: �డలబర�ర� (jaDalabarre)
Tibetan: �ཡ�� (yak)
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Etymology 2

Alternative spellings
yack

Verb
en-verb|yak|k|ing

  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.

Noun
en-noun

  1. A talk, particular an informal one.

See also
yackety-yak

Category:Mammals


Crimean Tatar

Noun
yak

  1. side
  2. direction

Synonyms
bet

Category:Crimean Tatar nouns


Turkish

Verb form
yak

  1. kindle (imperative)

Category:Turkish verb forms

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