different between tronk vs troak

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Afrikaans tronk, from Dutch tronk, from Portuguese tronco, from Latin truncus. Doublet of truncus and trunk.

Noun

tronk (plural tronks)

1. (South Africa) A prison.
   • 1985, Lawrence George Green, Maureen Barnes, The best of Lawrence Green

     It was built, as far as I can discover, because the Cape Argus rightly denounced the overcrowding of the old "tronk" on the waterfront.

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch tronk (“prison, dungeon, stocks”), from Portuguese tronco (“block, prison, dungeon”), from Latin truncus (“trunk”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tr??k/

Noun

tronk (plural tronke)

1. prison

Descendants

• ? English: tronk

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tr??k/
• Hyphenation: tronk
• Rhymes: -??k

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch tronc (“trunk”), from Old French tronc (“trunk”), from Latin truncus (“trunk”).

Noun

tronk m (plural tronken, diminutive tronkje n)

1. (now dialectal) trunk, tree trunk

   Synonyms: boomstam, stam

2. (now dialectal) tree stump

   Synonyms: boomstronk, stronk

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Portuguese tronco (“block, prison, trunk”), from Latin truncus (“trunk”).

Noun

tronk m (plural tronken)

1. (obsolete, Dutch East Indies, Cape Peninsula) prison, dungeon, stocks

Descendants

• Afrikaans: tronk
  • ? English: tronk

English

Alternative forms

• troke

Etymology

From Scots troak, troke (“to barter, truck”), from Middle English trukken, trukien (> English truck), from Old French troquier, of Germanic origin. Compare German Trug (“deceit, trickery, deception”). More at truck.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /t???k/
• (US) enPR: tr?k, IPA^(key): /t?o?k/

Verb

troak (third-person singular simple present troaks, present participle troaking, simple past and past participle troaked)

1. (Scotland) To barter or trade, especially outside a government monopoly.

Synonyms

• (barter, trade): swap, swop

Translations

Noun

troak (uncountable)

1. (Scotland) Barter; exchange; truck.
2. (Scotland) Small wares.
3. (Scotland) Familiar intercourse.

Anagrams

• Korat, Tokar