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bakkie

/ˈbæki/ US, General South African, UK
/ˈbʌ-/ US, General South African, UK

Sounds like baccy · Rhymes with -æki, -ʌki

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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 bakkies

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.
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.

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noun small pick-up truck or ute

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@misc{bakkie_2026,
  title = {bakkie},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bakkie},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}