different between kyack vs yack

English

Etymology 1

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Noun

kyack (plural kyacks)

1. A packsack to be swung on either side of a packsaddle.
   • 1920, Peter B. Kyne, The Understanding Heart, Chapter XV

     From the tonneau of Bentley's car the sheriff and Garland removed the groceries and sick-room supplies, stowing them in the kyacks.

Etymology 2

Noun

kyack (plural kyacks)

1. Obsolete spelling of kayak

English

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jæk/
• Rhymes: -æk
• Homophone: yak

Noun

yack (plural yacks)

1. Alternative form of yak (“chatter; talk”)

Verb

yack (third-person singular simple present yacks, present participle yacking, simple past and past participle yacked)

1. Alternative form of yak (“talk; vomit”)

   I moved to another carriage on the train because the first one was full of people yacking on mobile phones.

Etymology 2

Dialectal form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jak/

Noun

yack (plural yacks)

1. (England, dialectal, possibly obsolete) An oak.
   • 1877, Gibson, Leg. and Notes 50:

     If 't ash tree buds before 't yack, […]

   • 1878, John Castillo, Poems in the North Yorkshire Dialect, 25:

     Awd stiff yack nut eeasy bended, […]

Anagrams

• YKCA, caky, cyka

French

Alternative forms

• yak

Etymology

From Tibetan ??? (g.yag), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g-jak ~ g-ja?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jak/

Noun

yack m (plural yacks)

1. yak (ox-like mammal)

Further reading

• “yack” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).