# yak
## English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /jæk/
* Audio (General Australian):(file)
* Rhymes: -æk
* Homophone: yack

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Tibetan གཡག (g.yag), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g-jak ~ g-jaŋ.

#### Noun

yak (plural yak or yaks)
* An ox-like mammal native to the Himalayas, Mongolia, Burma, and Tibet with dark, long, and silky hair, a horse-like tail, and a full, bushy mane.
** 2008, Scott R. R. Haskell, Blackwell's Five-Minute Veterinary Consult: Ruminant, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 619:Utilization efficiency of dietary protein in the yak differs with diet composition and feeding level, age, sex, body condition score, and animal production level (e.g., growth, lactation). Researchers reported no difference between lactating and dry cows in crude protein digestibility, although lactating yak tend to consume more feed than dry yak.
** 2004, Wilson G. Pond, Encyclopedia of Animal Science (Print), CRC Press, →ISBN, page 899:Attempts are now being made, by selection, to create a new breed of yak (the Datong yak) from such crosses. Hybridization of domestic yak with local cattle, at intermediate elevations, has been practiced for generations. The hybrids inherit some of the good characteristics from each species, but lack the adaptation of the yak to the harsh conditions at higher elevations.

##### Hyponyms

* Bos mutus
* Bos grunniens
* Bos mutus grunniens, wild yak
* Poephagus grunniens, domestic yak

##### Derived terms

* domestic yak
* wild yak
* yak lace
* yakless
* yaklike
* yak shaving
* yakskin

##### Translations
### Etymology 2

Apparently an onomatopoeia.

#### Alternative forms

* yack

#### Verb

yak (third-person singular simple present yaks, present participle yakking, simple past and past participle yakked)
* (slang, intransitive) To talk, particularly informally but persistently; to chatter or prattle.
** 1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter XI, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, →OCLC:“You'll like Poppet. Nice dog. Wears his ears inside out. Why do dachshunds wear their ears inside out?” “I could not say, sir.” “Nor me. I've often wondered. But this won't do, Jeeves. Here we are, yakking about Jezebels and dachshunds, when we ought to be concentrating our minds […]
** 2001, Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections:And in the last few days Clair's boundless capacity to yak about herself while Melissa listened had turned Chip against her, too.
* (slang, intransitive) To vomit, usually as a result of excessive alcohol consumption.
** 1998, Tim Herlihy, The Wedding Singer, spoken by Glenn Guglia (Matthew Glave):She'll feel better when she yaks.

##### Translations
#### Noun

yak (countable and uncountable, plural yaks)
* (slang) A talk, particular an informal talk; chattering; gossip.
** 1962, Ian Fleming, chapter 9, in The Spy Who Loved Me:Sluggsy said indifferently, ‘You’ll be wised up come morning. Meanwhiles, howsabout shuttin’ that dumb little hashtrap of yours? All this yak is bending my ear. I want some action.
** 1983, Nicolas Freeling, The Back of the North Wind, →ISBN:The sudden head-down butt jabbed into someone’s face, is a highly effective way of putting a stop to his yack.
* (slang) A laugh.
** 1951, Fredric Brown, Mack Reynolds, Cartoonist:Would-be gags from would-be gagsters. And, nine chances out of ten, not a yak in the lot.
* (slang) Vomit.

##### Translations
#### Related terms

* yacket
* yackety-yak
* yakfest
* yakky

### Etymology 3

Borrowed from Korean 약 (yak).

#### Noun

yak (plural yaks)
* a traditional Korean flute used in court music

### Etymology 4

Shortening.

#### Noun

yak (plural yaks)
* (slang) A kayak.

### Etymology 5

Shortening.

#### Noun

yak (plural yaks)
* (slang) cognac.
** 2018 November 30, “Bits” (track 10), in Original Sounds‎, performed by Bru-C and Window Kid:Quick cash, flip that, now I got big cash. Sit back, sip yak with a next piff yat.

### Anagrams

* 'kay, Kay, kay, kya

## Choctaw
### Adverb

yak
* thus

### References

* Cyrus Byington, A Dictionary of the Choctaw Language

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /jɑk/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: yak
* Rhymes: -ɑk

### Noun

yak m (plural yakken or yaks, diminutive yakje n)
* Alternative spelling of jak

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /jak/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ak

### Noun

yak m (plural yaks)
* Alternative spelling of yack

### Further reading

* “yak”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Italian
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Tibetan གཡག (g.yag), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g-jak ~ g-jaŋ.

### Noun

yak m (invariable)
* a yak (bovine)
    Synonym: bue tibetano

## Kokborok
### Alternative forms

* jak

### Etymology

From Proto-Bodo-Garo *yak (“hand; arm”). Cognate with Garo jak (“hand”).

### Noun

yak
* hand

### References

* Debbarma, Binoy (2001) “yak”, in Concise Kokborok-English-Bengali Dictionary‎, Language Wing, Education Department, TTAADC, →ISBN, page 142

## Manx
### Etymology

Borrowed from English yak, from Tibetan གཡག (g.yag), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g-jak ~ g-jaŋ.

### Noun

yak m (genitive singular yak, plural yakkyn)
* yak

## Q'eqchi
### Noun

yak
* lynx

### Further reading

* Ch'ina tusleb' aatin q'eqchi'-kaxlan aatin ut kaxlan aatin-q'eqchi' (Guatemala, 1998)

## Romanian
### Alternative forms

* iac

### Noun

yak m (plural yaci)
* yak (bovine mammal)

## Savi
### Etymology

From Sanskrit एक (eka).

### Numeral

yak
* (cardinal number) one

### References

* Knobloch, Nina (2020) A grammar sketch of Sauji: An Indo-Aryan language of Afghanistan‎, Stockholm: Stockholm University

## Spanish
### Alternative forms

* yac

### Etymology

Borrowed from Tibetan གཡག (g.yag), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g-jak ~ g-jaŋ.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈʝak/ [ˈɟ͡ʝak]
* IPA: (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʝak/ [ˈɟ͡ʝak]
* IPA: (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈʃak/ [ˈʃak]
* IPA: (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʒak/ [ˈʒak]
* Rhymes: -ak
* Syllabification: yak

### Noun

yak m (plural yak or yaks)
* yak (bovine)

### Further reading

* “yak”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Tagalog
### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈjak/ [ˈjak̚]
* Rhymes: -ak
* Syllabification: yak

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from English yuck.

#### Interjection

yak (Baybayin spelling ᜌᜃ᜔)
* used to indicate disgust or nausea: yuck; ew
    Synonym: kadiri
    Yak! Minamanyak niya 'yong babae!Yuck! He's perverting that girl!

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from English yak, from Tibetan གཡག (g.yag).

#### Noun

yak (Baybayin spelling ᜌᜃ᜔)
* yak (mammal)

### Anagrams

* kay

## Turkish
### Etymology

From English yak, from Tibetan གཡག (g.yag), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g-jak ~ g-jaŋ.

### Noun

yak (definite accusative yakı, plural yaklar)
* yak (ox-like mammal)

#### Synonyms

* Tibet öküzü
* Tibet sığırı

### Verb

yak
* second-person singular imperative of yakmak

## Uzbek

Other scripts :
| Yangi Imlo | |
| Cyrillic | як‍ |
| Latin | ‍ |
| Perso-Arabic (Afghanistan) | |

### Etymology

Inherited from Chagatai یَک, from Classical Persian یَک (yak).

### Numeral

yak
* one
    Synonym: bir