kakkerlak

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch kakkerlak.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ka.kər.lak/
  • Audio(file)

Noun

kakkerlak (plural kakkerlakke, diminutive kakkerlakkie)

  1. cockroach (insect)

Dutch

Etymology

From kacker, a contemptuous term derived from kakken (“to shit, defecate”), and lacker (“talker, freeloader”), from likken (“to lick”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkɑ.kərˌlɑk/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: kak‧ker‧lak

Noun

kakkerlak m (plural kakkerlakken, diminutive kakkerlakje n)

  1. cockroach (certain non-termite insect of the order Blattodea)
  2. (derogatory) contemptible person
  3. (soccer, colloquial, often derogatory) supporter of Feyenoord

Descendants
  • Afrikaans: kakkerlak
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: kakalaka
  • Negerhollands: kakerlaker, kakelak
    • → Virgin Islands Creole: kakalaka, kakaroachee (dated)
  • Skepi Creole Dutch: kakalaka
  • → Lokono: kakalaka
  • → Aukan: kakaaka
  • → Caribbean Hindustani: calcattá
  • → Danish: kakerlak
  • → Indonesian: kakerlak
  • → Papiamentu: kakalaka
  • → Sranan Tongo: kakalaka
    • → Saramaccan: ahalakpákpa

References
  1. van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “kakkerlak”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
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