different between daks vs aks

English

Etymology 1

From DAKS, trademark for a brand of trousers originally made in the 1930s by Simpsons of Piccadilly; formed from the initials of Alexander Simpson and the first and last letters of the name of his business associate Dudley Beck.

Pronunciation

Alternative forms

• dacks

Noun

daks pl (plural only)

1. (Australia, New Zealand, informal) Trousers or underwear.
   • 2004, Bryce Courtenay, Brother Fish, 2008, unnumbered page,

     The usual stuff – sports jacket, a couple of pairs of daks, one brown and one grey, three pairs of socks, though I only had need for one sock in the meantime, two white shirts and a decent pair of shoes, though again, only one shoe being useful in my present predicament.

   • 2008, Dave Sabben, The Scorpion Dance, Denny Neave, Soldiers' Tale: A Collection of True Stories from Aussie Soldiers, page 144,

     But the pain?s still there, so I begin to drop my daks to investigate the territory.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

daks

1. plural of dak

Anagrams

• DASK, S.Dak.

Bikol Central

Etymology

Shortened form of dakula (“big”)

Adjective

daks

1. well hung; having a large penis; well-endowed

Cimbrian

Etymology

From Middle High German dahs, from Old High German dahs, from Proto-West Germanic *þahs, from Proto-Germanic *þahsuz (“badger”). Cognate with German Dachs, Dutch das.

Noun

daks m

1. (Sette Comuni) badger

References

• “daks” in Martalar, Umberto Martello; Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

daks m (definite singular daksen, indefinite plural dakser, definite plural daksene)

1. Alternative spelling of dachs

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

daks m (definite singular daksen, indefinite plural daksar, definite plural daksane)

1. Alternative spelling of dachs

Tagalog

Etymology

Short for Cebuano dako.

Adjective

daks

1. well hung; having a large penis; well-endowed

English

Etymology

Old English axian (“ask”); see ax for more.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /æks/, /??ks/

Verb

aks (third-person singular simple present aks or akses, present participle aksing, simple past and past participle aksed)

1. (dialectal, now chiefly West Africa, African-American Vernacular and MLE) To ask.

Anagrams

• ASK, Ask, KAs, KSA, SKA, ask, kas, ska

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse ax.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aks/

Noun

aks n (singular definite akset, plural indefinite aks)

1. ear (fruiting body of a grain plant)
2. spike (ear of grain)

Inflection

Dutch

Alternative forms

• aaks (dated)
• akst (archaic, literary)

Etymology

From Middle Dutch aex, from Old Dutch *acus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ks/
• Hyphenation: aks
• Rhymes: -?ks

Noun

aks f (plural aksen)

1. An axe, usually denoting a heavy axe.

   Synonym: bijl

Jamaican Creole

Alternative forms

• aaks, ax

Etymology

From English ask.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???ks/, /???ks/
• Hyphenation: aks

Verb

aks

1. ask

Further reading

• Richard Allsopp (main editor), Dictionary of Caribbean English Usage, 2003 (reprint by The University of the West Indies Press, originally 1996 by Oxford University Press), ISBN 9789766401450 (originally ISBN-10: 976-640-145-4), page 20

Nigerian Pidgin

Etymology

From English ask.

Verb

aks

1. ask

Tsimshian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?aks]

Noun

aks

1. water

Verb

aks

1. (transitive, intransitive) drink
2. (intransitive) be wet

References

• John Asher Dunn, Sm'algyax: A Reference Dictionary and Grammar (1995, ?ISBN

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from French axe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aks/

Noun

aks (definite accusative aksi, plural aksler)

1. axis

Synonyms

• dingil
• eksen

References

• aks in Turkish dictionaries at Türk Dil Kurumu

Westrobothnian

Etymology 1

From Old Norse ax, from Proto-Germanic *ahs?.

Noun

aks n

1. An ear (of corn.)
2. A barb (of hook.)
3. A tooth (of key.)

Derived terms

• aksgäl

Verb

aks

1. Ears of corn remain on the field.

Etymology 2

From Dutch actie, German Aktie, from Latin ?cti? (“action.”)

Noun

aks n

1. (finance) A share.

References