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bakkie

Syllables: bak·kieUK/ˈbæki/

bakkie noun: a small bowl or container, sometimes with a cover such as a Tupperware container.

bakkie: a small bowl or container, sometimes with a cover such as a Tupperware container
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Noun

bakkie (plural bakkies)

  1. (Namibia, South Africa) A small bowl or container, sometimes with a cover such as a Tupperware container.
    • The "Noria" pump is a bucket-and-chain arrangement, well known, I believe, in the Cape Colony as the "bakkies" pump; it is very effective for it lifts from 10 feet to 30 feet.1901 October 11, F. V. Corbett, “Report on Irrigation in Natal”, in The Agricultural Journal and Mining Record, volume IV, number 16, Pietermaritzburg: The Times Printing and Publishing Company...
    • [S]he passed around a bakkie of home-made chocolate biscuits to all the girls.2007, Bree O’Mara, Home Affairs, Johannesburg, Gauteng: 30°South Publishers, →ISBN, page 148
  2. (Namibia, South Africa) A small pick-up truck or ute, generally open and sometimes fitted with a removable canopy, but distinct from an enclosed van and a large truck.

Forms of bakkie

pluralbakkies

Origin of bakkie

Borrowed from Afrikaans bakkie, and then either: * from Northern Dutch bakkie (informal), from Dutch bakje (“container; drinking vessel; (archaic) carriage for passengers”), from bak (“container; drinking vessel; vehicle; part of a vehicle for carrying loads; part of a carriage for carrying passengers”) (see further at that entry) + -je (diminutive suffix); or * from Afrikaans bak (“container; part of a vehicle for carrying loads”) (from Dutch bak; see above) + -ie (diminutive suffix).

Words that rhyme with bakkie

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Questions about bakkie

What does bakkie mean?
Bakkie means a small bowl or container, sometimes with a cover such as a Tupperware container.
What part of speech is bakkie?
Bakkie is a noun.
How do you pronounce bakkie?
Bakkie is pronounced /ˈbæki/ (UK).
What is the plural of bakkie?
The plural of bakkie is bakkies.

Words near bakkie in the dictionary

  1. Bakken
  2. Bakkens
  3. Bakker
  4. Bakkers
  5. Bakkes
  6. bakkie
  7. bakkies
  8. bakkra
  9. bakkwa
  10. bakla
  11. Baklahorani

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