"plek" meaning in Afrikaans

See plek in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /plɛk/, /plæk/ (note: Transvaal dialect) Audio: LL-Q14196 (afr)-Oesjaar-plek.wav Forms: plekke [plural]
Etymology: From Dutch plek, from Middle Dutch plecke, from Old Dutch *plekka (“mark, spot, place”), from Proto-Germanic *plakjō (“spot, stain”). Etymology templates: {{inh|af|nl|plek}} Dutch plek, {{inh|af|dum|plecke}} Middle Dutch plecke, {{inh|af|odt|*plekka||mark, spot, place}} Old Dutch *plekka (“mark, spot, place”), {{inh|af|gem-pro|*plakjō||spot, stain}} Proto-Germanic *plakjō (“spot, stain”) Head templates: {{head|af|noun|||plural|plekke|||||||||||||f2accel-form=p|f2request=1|f5accel-form=diminutive|head=}} plek (plural plekke), {{af-noun|plekke}} plek (plural plekke)
  1. a spot
    Sense id: en-plek-af-noun-wlaQ9RdI Categories (other): Afrikaans entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Afrikaans entries with incorrect language header: 50 50
  2. a place
    Sense id: en-plek-af-noun-0IHV6haS Categories (other): Afrikaans entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Afrikaans entries with incorrect language header: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: braaivleisplek

Inflected forms

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    }
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "af",
        "2": "dum",
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      },
      "expansion": "Middle Dutch plecke",
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    },
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        "1": "af",
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        "3": "*plekka",
        "4": "",
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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        "2": "gem-pro",
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        "4": "",
        "5": "spot, stain"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "10": "",
        "11": "",
        "12": "",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "17": "",
        "18": "",
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        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "plural",
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        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
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        "f5accel-form": "diminutive",
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      },
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      "name": "head"
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    {
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    }
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  "senses": [
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        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
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          "name": "Afrikaans entries with incorrect language header",
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      ],
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      "ipa": "/plɛk/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/plæk/",
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    },
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    }
  ],
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    "Afrikaans lemmas",
    "Afrikaans nouns",
    "Afrikaans terms derived from Dutch",
    "Afrikaans terms derived from Middle Dutch",
    "Afrikaans terms derived from Old Dutch",
    "Afrikaans terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Afrikaans terms inherited from Dutch",
    "Afrikaans terms inherited from Middle Dutch",
    "Afrikaans terms inherited from Old Dutch",
    "Afrikaans terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
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    {
      "word": "braaivleisplek"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "af",
        "2": "nl",
        "3": "plek"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch plek",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "af",
        "2": "dum",
        "3": "plecke"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Dutch plecke",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "af",
        "2": "odt",
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        "4": "",
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*plakjō",
        "4": "",
        "5": "spot, stain"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "form": "plekke",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "af",
        "10": "",
        "11": "",
        "12": "",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "17": "",
        "18": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "plural",
        "6": "plekke",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
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        "f2request": "1",
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      "name": "head"
    },
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    }
  ],
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      ],
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    },
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      "glosses": [
        "a place"
      ],
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          "place",
          "place"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/plæk/",
      "note": "Transvaal dialect"
    },
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    }
  ],
  "word": "plek"
}

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