shack
English
/ʃæk/
noun
Definitions
- A crude, roughly built hut or cabin.
- Any poorly constructed or poorly furnished building.
- (slang) The room from which a ham radio operator transmits.
Etymology
Derived from Spanish, Castilian jacal derived from Nahuatl xacalli (adobe hut).
Origin
Nahuatl
xacalli
Gloss
adobe hut
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- cook English
- cookshack English
- jacal English
- job English
- land English
- radio English
- radio shack English
- shackjob English
- shackland English
- shacklike English
- shacktown English
- shacky English
- slan English
- slanshack English
- town English
- jacal Spanish, Castilian
- jacalero Spanish, Castilian
- xahcalli Classical Nahuatl
- xacalli Nahuatl