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Synonyms for yak


Grammar : Verb
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Phonetic Transcription : yæk

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Définition of yak

Origin :
  • "wild ox of central Asia," 1795, from Tibetan g-yag "male yak."
  • verb talk
Example sentences :
  • He is called "yak" in Tibetan, and the name has been transferred to most European languages.
  • Extract from : « From Pole to Pole » by Sven Anders Hedin
  • They may grow so long as to touch the ground as the yak walks.
  • Extract from : « From Pole to Pole » by Sven Anders Hedin
  • Even the ropes which sustain the tents are made of yak's wool.
  • Extract from : « Chatterbox, 1906 » by Various
  • In Thibet the yak is, perhaps, the most useful animal to be found in the country.
  • Extract from : « Chatterbox, 1906 » by Various
  • Like the European Bison, the skeleton of the Yak has fourteen pairs of ribs.
  • Extract from : « Delineations of the Ox Tribe » by George Vasey
  • He told me about going for yak in the snow mountains south of Thibet.
  • Extract from : « That Fortune » by Charles Dudley Warner
  • (217 f. 192b) yak qad-i-adm; de Courteille, brasse (fathom).
  • Extract from : « The Bbur-nma in English » by Babur, Emperor of Hindustan
  • Our store of yak meat was just at an end when Tundup Sonam killed an antelope.
  • Extract from : « Trans-Himalaya, Vol. 1 (of 2) » by Sven Hedin
  • The hunting tribes pursue the yak, the kiang, and the antelope.
  • Extract from : « Trans-Himalaya, Vol. 1 (of 2) » by Sven Hedin
  • At one of them sat two Tibetans cutting up a yak which had died.
  • Extract from : « Trans-Himalaya, Vol. 2 (of 2) » by Sven Hedin

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