# barki
## Faroese
### Etymology

From Old Norse barki, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH- (“to bore, pierce”), akin to Armenian բերան (beran, “mouth”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpaɹ̥t͡ʃɪ/
* Rhymes: -aɹ̥t͡ʃɪ

### Noun

barki m (genitive singular barka, plural barkar)
* (anatomy) trachea, windpipe

#### Derived terms

* barkabruni
* barkahosti
* barkahøvd
* barkaknetti
* barkaknolli
* barkaknøttur
* barkakulla
* barkakýli
* barkaljóð
* barkalok
* barkatak

### Anagrams

* bikar

## Icelandic
### Etymology

From Old Norse barki, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH- (“to bore, pierce”), akin to Armenian բերան (beran, “mouth”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpar̥cɪ/
* Rhymes: -ar̥cɪ

### Noun

barki m (genitive singular barka, nominative plural barkar)
* (anatomy) trachea, windpipe
* a hose (flexible pipe) with rings, e.g. a the hose on a vacuum cleaner or a corrugated conduit for electrical wires

#### Derived terms

* barkakýli
* barkalok

### References

* Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) “barki (1)”, in Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)

### Anagrams

* bikar

## Old Norse
### Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *barkô, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH- (“to bore, pierce”), akin to Old Armenian բերան (beran, “mouth”).

### Noun

barki m
* windpipe, weasand

#### Descendants

* Icelandic: barki
* Faroese: barki
* Norwegian: barke

### Further reading

* Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “barki”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbar.ki/
* Rhymes: -arki
* Syllabification: bar‧ki

### Noun

barki m inan
* nominative/accusative/vocative plural of bark

### Noun

barki m inan
* nominative/accusative/vocative plural of barek

### Noun

barki f
* inflection of barka:
** genitive singular
** nominative/accusative/vocative plural

## Sranan Tongo
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbaɾki/, [ˈba̠ɾci], [ˈbɑ̟ɾt͡ʃi]

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Dutch balk.

#### Noun

barki
* beam, rafter, bolt
** 1936, Melville J. Herskovits, Frances S. Herskovits, Suriname folk-lore‎, New York: Columbia University Press, page 470:Luku 'a sprɛ̨ŋki na yu fesi, ma no luku na barki na yu birmą ai̯.Look at the mote on your face, but don't look at the beam in your neighbour's eye.
** 1989 April 1, “Na pori fu wan nâsi [The destruction of a nation]”, in A waktitoren‎, Selters-Taunus: Wachtturm-Gesellschaft (Christian Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses), page 41:Owru foto ben abi hey skotu èn kofarliki bigi doro. Fu sroto den doro disi, dan den ben greni den na inisey nanga langa isri ofu brons barki.Old cities had high walls and huge gates. To lock these gates, they bolted them shut on the inside with long iron or bronze bars.

##### Derived terms

* ingibarki
* grasbarki

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Dutch bark or English barque.

#### Noun

barki
* boat, barque

### Etymology 3

Borrowed from English bargain. Cognate with Saramaccan báíki.

#### Noun

barki
* conspiracy, plot, agreement, scheme
** 1936, Melville J. Herskovits, Frances S. Herskovits, Suriname folk-lore‎, New York: Columbia University Press, page 186:Dagu nąŋga Tigri bɛn meki barki fō nyąm Krabita.Dog and Tiger had made a bargain to eat Goat.

### Etymology 4

Unclear, possibly referring to one of the meanings above; compare French bâton (“stick; 10.000 French francs”), Spanish palo (“stake, stick, wood; mast; 1.000.000 in any currency”).

#### Noun

barki
* 100 in any currency; (before 1865, obsolete) 100 Dutch guilders; (1865 to 2004, obsolete) 100 Surinamese guilders; (after 2004) 100 Surinamese dollars

##### Descendants

* → Dutch: barkie

### References

* ↑ Norval Smith (2008) “The origin of the Portuguese words in Saramaccan: Implications for sociohistory”, in Susanne Michaelis, editor, Roots of Creole Structures: Weighing the contribution of substrates and superstrates, John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 159