yak

Yaks in Tibet

Meanings

Noun

Verb

Related

Narrower meaning words

  • Bos mutus
  • Bos grunniens
  • Bos mutus grunniens (subspecies), wild yak
  • Poephagus grunniens (species), domestic yak

Origin

  • Borrowed from Tibetan གཡག, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g-jak ~ g-jaŋ.
  • Apparently an onomatopoeia.
  • Shortening.

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