aka

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Translingual

Symbol

aka

(international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Akan.

English

Etymology 1

Maori [Term?]

Noun

aka

The New Zealand vine Metrosideros fulgens.

Etymology 2

Preposition

aka

Alternative letter-case form of AKA

Anagrams

Central Nahuatl

Alternative forms

(Cholula): aca
(Texcoco): akah

Pronoun

aka

someone, somebody.

Coatepec Nahuatl

Noun

aka

reed, cane.

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse aka (“to move, to drive”), from Proto-Germanic *akaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-. Cognates include Latin agō (“I drive”), Ancient Greek ἄγω (ágō, “to lead”) and Sanskrit अजति (ajati, “to drive, propel, cast”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɛaːʰka/
Rhymes: -ɛaːʰka

Verb

aka (third person singular past indicative ók, third person plural past indicative óku, supine ikið)

to drive

Conjugation

Hanunoo

Alternative forms

aka'

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *aka (“elder sibling”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈʔakaʔ/ [ˈʔa.kɐʔ]
Rhymes: -akaʔ
Syllabification: a‧ka

Noun

akà (Hanunoo spelling ᜠᜣ)

older sibling
Synonym: kaka

Derived terms

Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *ata. Cognates include Maori ata, Samoan ata, and Tokelauan ata.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈa.ka/, [ˈɐ.kə]

Verb

aka

(stative) to appear bright

Noun

aka

shadow

Iban

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /akaʔ/
Hyphenation: a‧ka

Noun

aka

older brother

Icelandic

Etymology

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈaːka/
Rhymes: -aːka

Verb

aka (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative ók, third-person plural past indicative óku, supine ekið)

to drive [intransitive or with dative ‘a vehicle’]
Synonym: keyra
to move slightly, to budge

Conjugation

Derived terms

aka sér (“to squirm, to writhe”)
aka framhjá (“to drive by, to drive past”)

Japanese

Romanization

aka

Rōmaji transcription of あか
Rōmaji transcription of アカ

Kikuyu

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /aka/

Verb

aka (infinitive gwaka)

to build

Derived terms

(Nouns)

mwaki class 1

(Proverbs)

mũrurĩ ndwakaga

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /àkǎ/

Noun

aka class 2

plural of mũka

References

Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu, p. 360. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).

Latvian

Etymology

From Proto-Baltic *ak- (with an extra -ā), from Proto-Indo-European *okʷ-, from *h₃okʷ-, *h₃ekʷ- “eye”, whence also Latvian acs “eye”, (q.v.); in fact, aka is, historically speaking, a variant of acs. The semantic relation goes clearly via the similarity of a hole (from which one obtains water) to an eye. Initially probably used for “ice-hole” (like its Lithuanian cognate), and later “well.” Cognates (in addition to those listed under acs include Lithuanian akà, ãkas (“ice-hole”), Old Church Slavonic око (oko, “eye”) (gen. очесе (očese)), Russian poetic о́ко (óko), Bulgarian око́ (okó), Czech, Polish oko, Ancient Greek ὀπή (opḗ, “hole, opening, cave; visiion”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [aka]

Noun

aka f (4th declension)

well (a hole in the ground, from which water can be obtained)
artēziskā aka ― artesian well

drenāžas aka ― drain well

akas ūdens ― well water

akas vinda ― well winch

akas grodi ― well curb

rakt aku ― to dig a well

iet uz aku pēc ūdens ― to go to a well for (= to get) water

tumšs kā akā ― as dark as in a well (= very dark)

Līču pagalmā ir... dziļa un stipriem grodiem izbūvēta aka ― in the backyard of the Līcis (family)... there is a deep well, built with a strong curb

Declension

References

Lavukaleve

Conjunction

aka

then

Lote

Noun

aka

canoe

References

Greg Pearson, René van den Berg, Lote Grammar Sketch (2008)

Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *aka (compare with Hawaiian aʻa), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wakaʀ (compare with Malay akar).

Noun

aka

root (of plant)

References

Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*wakaR”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

ake (e-infinitive)

Etymology

From Old Norse aka, from Proto-Germanic *akaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti, from the root *h₂eǵ- (“to drive”). Doublet of åka.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /²aː.ka/, /²a.ka/

Verb

aka (present tense ek or akar, past tense ok or aka, supine eke or aka, past participle eken or aka, present participle akande, imperative ak)

to glide, slide slowly
to glide on a sledge

References

“aka” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Frisian

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *aukaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewg-. Cognate with Old English ēacan, Old Saxon ōkian, Old Norse auka, Gothic 𐌰𐌿𐌺𐌰𐌽 (aukan), Latin augeō, and Ancient Greek αὐξάνω (auxánō).

Verb

āka

to increase, enlarge

Conjugation

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *akaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-. Cognates include Latin agō (“I drive”), Ancient Greek ἄγω (ágō, “to lead”) and Sanskrit अजति (ajati, “to drive, propel, cast”).

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: ak‧a

Verb

aka (singular past indicative ók, plural past indicative óku, past participle ekinn)

to drive (e.g. a cart)

Conjugation

Descendants

Icelandic: aka
Faroese: aka
Norwegian:
- Norwegian Nynorsk: aka, ake
- Norwegian Bokmål: ake, åke
Dalian: aka
- Elfdalian: åka
Old Swedish: aka
- Swedish: åka
Scanian: aga
Old Danish: akæ
- Danish: age
Gutnish: ake
→ Scots: oag, hoag; aik
→ English: aik (Northern England, Scotland, rare)

Old Swedish

Alternative forms

ᛆᚴᛆ

Etymology

Verb

aka

to drive

Conjugation

Descendants

Swedish: åka

Ometepec Nahuatl

Noun

aka

reed

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English AKA.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈa.ka/
Rhymes: -aka
Syllabification: a‧ka

Particle

aka

(with pseudonyms) AKA, alias
Synonyms: alias, vel

Pukapukan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *aka, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wakaʀ.

Noun

aka

root (of plant)

References

Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*wakaR”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Quechua

Noun

aka

feces, excrement

Declension

Rapa Nui

Etymology

From Proto-Eastern Polynesian *aka. Cognates include Hawaiian aʻa and Maori aka.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈa.ka/
Hyphenation: a‧ka

Noun

aka

root (of plant)

References

Veronica Du Feu (1996) Rapanui (Descriptive Grammars), Routledge, →ISBN, page 206

Rayón Zoque

Noun

aka

shore

References

Harrison, Roy, B. de Harrison, Margaret, López Juárez, Francisco, Ordoñes, Cosme (1984) Vocabulario zoque de Rayón (Serie de diccionarios y vocabularios indígenas Mariano Silva y Aceves; 28)‎^[3] (in Spanish), México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 3

Sranan Tongo

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈaka/, [ˈa̠ka̠], [ˈɑ̟kɑ̟]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Dutch haak.

Noun

aka

hook

Etymology 2

From English hawk.

Noun

aka

medium to large bird of prey; hawk, eagle, etc.

Swahili

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu [Term?].

Pronunciation

Verb

-aka (infinitive kuaka)

to build
to fence

Conjugation

Derived terms

Nominal derivations:
- mwashi (“mason”)

Tagalog

Pronunciation

(Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔaˈka/ [ʔɐˈxa]
Rhymes: -a
Syllabification: a‧ka

Interjection

aká (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜃ) (obsolete)

Alternative form of aha

Taivoan

Noun

aka

older brother or older sister.

Ternate

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈa.ka]

Verb

aka

(transitive) to toss, throw

Conjugation

References

Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Tokelauan

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈa.ka]
Hyphenation: a‧ka

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *aka. Cognates include Hawaiian aʻa and Samoan a'a.

Noun

aka

root

Etymology 2

From Proto-Polynesian *qaka. Cognates include Tuvaluan aka and Samoan a'a.

Noun

aka

heel
kick

Verb

aka (plural taaka)

(intransitive) to kick
(transitive) to kick
(transitive) to back-heel
(transitive, weaving) to weave (a skirt) by holding the weaving string on the foot

References

R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎^[4], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 9

Tongan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *aka, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wakaʀ.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /a.ka/

Noun

aka

root (of plant)
East Asian arrowroot (Pueraria montana var. lobata)

References

Torres Strait Creole

Noun

aka

grandmother

Tsonga

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Cognate with Zulu -akha.

Verb

-aka

to build, to construct, to erect
to inhabit
to be ingrained

Inflection

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References

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Turkish

Noun

aka

dative singular of ak

Uzbek

Alternative forms

ogʻa

Etymology

Inherited from Chagatai اکا (aka), from Proto-Turkic *āka (“(older) brother”). Compare Uyghur ئاكا (aka), Southern Altai ака (aka), Yakut аҕа (ağa), Tatar агай (ağay), Bashkir ағай (ağay), Kazakh аға (ağa), ағай (ağai), Kyrgyz ага (aga), Turkmen aga, Azerbaijani ağa, Turkish ağa.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /a.ka/, [æ.k̟æ]
Hyphenation: a‧ka

Noun

aka (plural akalar)

older brother

Declension

Related terms

ogʻayni (“friend”)
uka (“younger brother”)

Descendants

→ Tajik: ака (aka, “older brother”)

Wauja

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /aˈka/

Interjection

aka

ow, ouch (expressing pain, especially sharp pain, or pain at being struck)
Aka! Tyenho hokota natu.
Ouch! The knife cut me.

Aka! Kaupai nutanaka!
Ow! My back hurts!

Aka! Ata onuka natu!
Ouch! That branch hit me.

Mainyataitsawi. Aka! Aka! Aka! umawi.
They struck [him] repeatedly. Ow! Ow! Ow! [he] said.
oh, oops (expressing startlement, embarrassment, surprise, or shock)
oh, aah (expressing alarm, fright, shock or grief)

References

E. Ireland field notes. Need to be checked by native speaker.

Ye'kwana

Alternative forms

a'ka (Cunucunuma River dialect)

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *jaka. Synchronically as if suffixed with -ka (“to, at”). Compare Apalaí aka, Hixkaryana yaka, Macushi yapî', and Waiwai yaka.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [aka]

Postposition

aka

(Caura River dialect and Brazil) at, in, on, to; indicates a specific location or goal at a non-aquatic object of class 1

Usage notes

A possessed noun that is the object of this postposition does not take the possessed suffix -dü. The postposition can thus combine with nouns referring to body parts and parts of objects to form more complex postpositions/relational nouns.

References

Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “aka”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎^[5], Lyon, pages 267–272
Costa, Isabella Coutinho, Silva, Marcelo Costa da, Rodrigues, Edmilson Magalhães (2021) “aka”, in Portal Japiim: Dicionário Ye'kwana‎^[6], Museu do Índio/FUNAI
Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University, page 296: “a'ka 'in, at'”
Hall, Katherine (2007) “aʔka”, in Mary Ritchie Key & Bernard Comrie, editors, The Intercontinental Dictionary Series‎^[7], Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, published 2021

Yemsa

Noun

aka

water
river

References

R. J. Hayward, Omotic Language Studies →ISBN, 2012), page 116
The Sound of Indo-european: Phonetics, Phonemics →ISBN, 2012), page 8: Omotic: (North) Yemsa aka id. (Appleyard 2006, 144)

Yoruba

Etymology 1

Proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruboid *á-ká. Cognate with Igbo aka (“arm/hand”), Nupe ekpá (“shoulder”), Olukumi áká (“shoulder, wing”), Igala íká (“wing”), Itsekiri iká, possibly a Doublet of èjìká. The root is reconstructed to Proto-Niger-Congo *-ka (“hand”), where it is believed to have held the meaning "five." See Defaka ápá as well

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ā.ká/

Noun

aká

(Owe, Ekiti, Ondo) arm, branch
Synonym: apá

Descendants

Yoruba: ọ̀gụ̀nrụ̀nká (“shoulder”)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ā.kā/

Noun

aká

The plant Cynometra mannii in the genus Cynometra

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ā.ká/

Noun

aká

a crippled person
Synonyms: amúkùn-ún, arọ, ẹlẹ́gbà

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /à.ká/

Noun

àká

a storage for farm produce, barn, root cellar
Synonyms: abà, ahéré

Derived terms

àká-ọ̀rọ̀ (“lexicon”)

Zazaki

Adverb

aka

aka

aka

Translingual

Symbol

English

Etymology 1

Noun

Etymology 2

Preposition

Anagrams

Central Nahuatl

Alternative forms

Pronoun

Coatepec Nahuatl

Noun

Faroese

Etymology

Pronunciation

Verb

Conjugation

Hanunoo

Alternative forms

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Derived terms

Further reading

Hawaiian

Etymology

Pronunciation

Verb

Noun

Iban

Pronunciation

Noun

Icelandic

Etymology

Pronunciation

Verb

Conjugation

Derived terms

Japanese

Romanization

Kikuyu

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Verb

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

References

Latvian

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

References

Lavukaleve

Conjunction

Lote

Noun

References

Maori

Etymology

Noun

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology

Pronunciation

Verb

References

Old Frisian

Etymology

Verb

Conjugation

Old Norse

Etymology

Pronunciation