kåk

Etymology
Probably from an older sense, meaning a pole where different punishments were carried out on; probably denoting the structure or scaffolding the pole were raised on. If so, then inherited from, from , probably ultimately from the root of.

Noun

 * 1)  a (wooden) house in poor condition, a shack, a ramshackle house
 * 2)  a house (generally)
 * 3)  a prison
 * 4)  full house, a combination of a pair and three-of-a-kind
 * 1)  full house, a combination of a pair and three-of-a-kind
 * 1)  full house, a combination of a pair and three-of-a-kind

Usage notes
Might be losing outside compounds like, but generally known in other senses.

Noun

 * 1) uncle