aka

aka

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

aka

1. Alternative letter-case form of AKA

• aak

• (Cholula): aca
• (Texcoco): akah

aka

1. someone, somebody.

aka

1. reed, cane.

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”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛaːʰka/
• Rhymes: -ɛaːʰka

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

1. to drive

Conjugation of aka (group v-60)
infinitive	aka
supine	ikið
participle (a26)1	akandi	ikin
	present	past
first singular	aki	ók
second singular	ekur	ók(st)
third singular	ekur	ók
plural	aka	óku
	imperative
singular	ak!
plural	akið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.ka/, [ˈɐ.kə]

aka

1. (stative) appearing, bright

aka

1. shadow

• IPA^(key): /akaʔ/
• Hyphenation: a‧ka

aka

1. older brother

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”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈaːka/
• Rhymes: -aːka

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

1. (transitive, intransitive, governs dative) to drive (a vehicle)

   Aki maður gegn rauðu ljósi má hann eiga von á sekt.

   If a man drives against (i.e. past) a red light, he may expect a fine.

   Að aka bifreið er harla ólíkt því að aka hestvagni.

   Driving a motorcar is very different from driving a horse-drawn carriage.

2. to move slightly, to budge

• (drive): keyra

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

aka

1. Rōmaji transcription of あか
2. Rōmaji transcription of アカ

• IPA^(key): /aka/

aka (infinitive gwaka)

1. to build

(Nouns)

• mwaki class 1

(Proverbs)

• mũrurĩ ndwakaga

• IPA^(key): /àkǎ/

aka class 2

1. plural of mũka

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

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”).^[1]

• IPA^(key): [aka]

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aka f (4th declension)

1. 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

aka

1. then

aka

1. canoe

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

From Proto-Eastern Polynesian *aka, from Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *aka, from Proto-Polynesian *aka (compare with Hawaiian aʻa), from Proto-Oceanic *(w)akaʀ, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *(w)akaʀ, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *(w)akaʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(w)akaʀ (compare with Malay akar).

aka

1. root (of plant)

• ake (e-infinitive)

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

• IPA^(key): /²aː.ka/, /²a.ka/

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)

1. to glide, slide slowly
2. to glide on a sledge

• “aka” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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”).

• Hyphenation: ak‧a

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

1. To drive (e.g. a cart).

• 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)

• “aka”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

• ᛆᚴᛆ

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”).

aka

1. to drive

• Swedish: åka

aka

1. reed

Borrowed from English AKA.

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

aka

1. (with pseudonyms) AKA, alias

   Synonyms: alias, vel

• aka in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• aka in Polish dictionaries at PWN

From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *aka, from Proto-Polynesian *aka, from Proto-Oceanic *(w)akaʀ, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *(w)akaʀ, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *(w)akaʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(w)akaʀ.

aka

1. root (of plant)

aka

1. feces, excrement

• akay

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.ka/
• Hyphenation: a‧ka

aka

1. root (of plant)

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

aka

1. shore

• 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)‎^[2] (in Spanish), México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 3

• IPA^(key): /ˈaka/, [ˈa̠ka̠], [ˈɑ̟kɑ̟]

Borrowed from Dutch haak.

aka

1. hook

From English hawk.

aka

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

aka

1. older brother or older sister.

• IPA^(key): [ˈa.ka]

aka

1. (transitive) to toss, throw

Conjugation of aka
	Singular	Plural
	Inclusive	Exclusive
1st	toaka	foaka	miaka
2nd	noaka	niaka
3rd	Masculine	oaka	iaka, yoaka†
Feminine	moaka
Neuter	iaka
† - archaic

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

• IPA^(key): [ˈa.ka]
• Hyphenation: a‧ka

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

aka

1. root

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

aka

1. heel
2. kick

aka (plural taaka)

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

• R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎^[3], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 9

From Proto-Polynesian *aka, from Proto-Oceanic *(w)akaʀ, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *(w)akaʀ, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *(w)akaʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(w)akaʀ.

• IPA^(key): /a.ka/

aka

1. root (of plant)
2. East Asian arrowroot (Pueraria montana var. lobata) ^[1]

aka

1. grandmother

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

-aka

1. to build, to construct, to erect
2. to inhabit
3. to be ingrained

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aka

1. dative singular of ak

Other scripts
Yangi Imlo	اکه
Cyrillic	ака‍
Latin	aka‍
Perso-Arabic (Afghanistan)

From Proto-Turkic *(i)āka.

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

aka (plural akalar)

1. older brother

• IPA^(key): /aˈka/

aka

1. 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.

2. oh, oops (expressing startlement, embarrassment, surprise, or shock)

   Aka! Takata nuutsa.

   Oops! I dropped it.

   (literally, “[it] simply fell from me.”)

3. oh, aah (expressing alarm, fright, shock or grief)

   Aka! Pityahoma! Talukene minya aitsu!

   Aah! Run fast, [or] they'll bite us!
   [Said when village dogs were chasing us.]

   Aka! Aminya!

   Oh! Don't [do that]! (Watch out!)

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

Variant orthographies

ALIV	aka
Brazilian standard	aka
New Tribes	aca

• a'ka (Cunucunuma River dialect)

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

• IPA^(key): [aka]

aka

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

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.

• Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “aka”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎^[4], Lyon, pages 267–272
• Costa, Isabella Coutinho, Silva, Marcelo Costa da, Rodrigues, Edmilson Magalhães (2021) “aka”, in Portal Japiim: Dicionário Ye'kwana‎^[5], 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^[6], Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, published 2021

aka

1. water
2. river

• 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)

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

• IPA^(key): /ā.ká/

aká

1. (Owe, Ekiti, Ondo) arm, branch

   Synonym: apá

• Yoruba: ọ̀gụ̀nrụ̀nká (“shoulder”)

• IPA^(key): /ā.kā/

aká

1. The plant Cynometra mannii in the genus Cynometra

• IPA^(key): /ā.ká/

aká

1. a crippled person

   Synonyms: amúkùn-ún, arọ, ẹlẹ́gbà

• IPA^(key): /à.ká/

àká

1. a storage for farm produce, barn, root cellar

   Synonyms: abà, ahéré

• àká-ọ̀rọ̀ (“lexicon”)

aka

1. so