Universal word for bakkie
I live in South Africa where we call a two or four seater cabbed vehicle with a bin a bakkie. A truck which takes large loads is not a bakkie. Bakkies are always around the size of a car. However bakkie is a colloquial term.
I was looking for an international or universally recognised term for this.
Truck:
noun
1. a large, heavy road vehicle used for carrying goods, materials, or troops; a lorry.
synonyms: lorry, articulated lorry, heavy goods vehicle, juggernaut;
Lorry:
noun BRITISH
a large, heavy motor vehicle for transporting goods or troops; a truck. "a lorry driver"
synonyms: truck; juggernaut
Neither of the above are right and a juggernaut is not correct either.
So what is the correct term?
Solution 1:
I think pick-up truck is the term used in other countries:
Bakkie:
(truckandute.wordpress.com)
- a small vehicle with an open part at the back in which goods can be carried
Pickup truck:
- a small vehicle with an open part at the back in which goods can be carried
(Cambridge Dictionary)
As a side note, the term bakkie derives from dialectal Dutch bakkie:
- Borrowing from Afrikaans bakkie, from dialectal Dutch bakkie, from bak (“a tough/cool car”, slang) + -ie (“-y, -ey”, diminutive suffix).
(Wiktionary)
Solution 2:
Trucks, lorries and juggernauts are much larger than bakkies.
Oxford Dictionaries Online define bakkie as a light truck or pickup truck.
So you can use one of those two terms.