bakkie · noun — A small bowl or container, sometimes with a cover such as a Tupperware container.
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bakkie is pronounced /ˈbæki/.
Etymology
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).
noun
- A small bowl or container, sometimes with a cover such as a Tupperware container.e.g.“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, →OCLC
- 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.
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Words closest in meaning
By meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.
- pipkin 61% match — A small earthen pot. vs bakkie →
- bowl 58% match — A roughly hemispherical container used to hold, mix or present food, such as salad, fruit or soup, or other items.; As much as is held by a bowl. vs bakkie →
- tub 58% match — A flat-bottomed vessel, of width similar to or greater than its height, used for storing or packing things, or for washing things in. vs bakkie →
- dabba 58% match — A kind of lunchbox or food container. vs bakkie →
- lunchbox 57% match — A container for transporting meals, especially lunch. vs bakkie →
- camionette 56% match — A van. vs bakkie →
- blickey 55% match — A canister or dinner pail usually of tin. vs bakkie →
- makuk 53% match — A birchbark container used by the Ojibwe people. vs bakkie →