# gak
## English
### Pronunciation

* enPR: găk, IPA: /ɡæk/
* Rhymes: -æk
* Homophones: gac, gack

### Interjection

gak
* Alternative form of gack (“expression of disgust or disapproval”)
** 2002, 93 Percent Wise, “the NT then and now”, in alt.messianic (Usenet):proselytizing is, ultimately, a disgusting way of relating to people. whether it's amway, xnty, or discovery toys, it's just awful manipulation pride and disrespect. i hate it, i hate that i did it, it's yucky yucky yucky. puke puke gak vomit.
** 2009 March 19, Joel Rubinoff, “It's not a dream: They're back”, in Toronto Star:Unsure what to make of it, I flicked on Entertainment Tonight (7:30 p.m. weekdays on NBC, Global) to find — gak — his sister Marie, who served her own headline-grabbing stint on Dancing two seasons ago, being treated like visiting royalty by the outrageously overcaffeinated Mary Hart.
* Alternative form of gack (“expression of trepidation”)
** 2008, Erin McCarthy, You Don't Know Jack:Gak. She'd thought that's what it meant. Her heart slammed into her gut. No, no, no.

### Noun

gak (uncountable)
* (slang) Alternative form of gack (“crystal meth”)
* (slang) Alternative form of gack (“powder cocaine”)

## Albanian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Albanian *gauka, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws (“ox, cow”) (compare English cow, Latvian govs, Ancient Greek βοῦς (boûs)). Also see ka.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡak/

### Noun

gak m (plural geqe, definite gaku, definite plural geqet)
* boar (male pig)

#### Derived terms

* gakth

### References

* ↑ Orel, Vladimir E. (2000) A concise historical grammar of the Albanian language: reconstruction of Proto-Albanian‎, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 156

## Bonkiman
### Pronoun

gak
* you (singular)

### References

* transnewguinea.org, citing McElhanon, KA & Voorhoeve, CL. 1970. The Trans-New Guinea Phylum: Explorations in deep-level genetic relationships. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics.

## Cebuano
### Etymology

From English gac, from Vietnamese gấc.

### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: gak

### Noun

gak
* the spiny bitter gourd (Momordica cochinchinensis)

## Danish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈɡ̊ɑɡ̊]

### Etymology 1

From gaga (“gaga”), from French gaga, from gâteux (“senile, incontinent”).

#### Adjective

gak (uninflected)
* bats, nuts (see Thesaurus:insane)

##### Synonyms

* gakgak
* tåbelig
* vanvittig
* gakket

##### Derived terms

* være gak i låget (“to be bats or nuts”)

#### Noun

gak n (uninflected)
* madness, insanity (see Thesaurus:insanity)

##### Synonyms

* gakgak
* vanvid

##### Derived terms

* have gak i låget (“to be bats or nuts”)

### Etymology 2

From Old Norse gakk, imperative of ganga, with assimilation of final -ng.

#### Verb

gak
* (archaic) imperative of gå

## Indonesian
### Adverb

gak
* Alternative form of enggak

## Kalasha
### Noun

gak
* cow

## Malay
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡak/, [ɡaʔ]
* Rhymes: -ak
* Hyphenation: gak

### Etymology 1

Clipping of jugak.

#### Adverb

gak (Jawi spelling ݢق)
* (colloquial) Alternative form of juga.
    Aku nak gi gak!I wanna go too!

### Etymology 2

Onomatopoeic.

#### Noun

gak (Jawi spelling ݢق)
* (onomatopoeia) The sound that a crow makes.

### Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Noun

gak (Jawi spelling ݢق)
* (Kelantan-Pattani) A masonry oven.

### Further reading

* “gak” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

## Southeastern Tepehuan
### Etymology

Cognate with Northern Tepehuan gáki, Cora huajchi, Central Tarahumara wakí (“dried tree or stick”).

### Adjective

gak (plural gagaak)
* dry
* thin

#### Related terms

* gakiaꞌ

### References

* R. de Willett, Elizabeth, et al. (2016) Diccionario tepehuano de Santa María Ocotán, Durango (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 48)‎ (in Spanish), electronic edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 61

## Tyap
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡák/

### Noun

gak (plural a̱gi̱gak)
* boundary