aka

See also: Appendix:Variations of "aka"

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Translingual

Symbol

aka

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

English

Etymology 1

Maori [Term?]

Noun

aka

1. The New Zealand vine Metrosideros fulgens.

Etymology 2

Preposition

aka

1. Alternative letter-case form of AKA
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Anagrams

• aak

Central Nahuatl

Alternative forms

• (Cholula): aca
• (Texcoco): akah

Pronoun

aka

1. someone, somebody.

Coatepec Nahuatl

Noun

aka

1. 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)

1. to drive

Conjugation

Conjugation of aka (group v-60)

infinitive	aka
supine	ikið
	present	past
first singular	aki	ók
second singular	ekur	ók(st)
third singular	ekur	ók
plural	aka	óku
participle (a26)1	akandi	ikin
	imperative
singular	ak!
plural	akið!

¹Only the past participle being declined.

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)

1. older sibling

   Synonym: kaka

Derived terms

• akaan

Further reading

• Conklin, Harold C. (1953) Hanunóo-English Vocabulary (University of California Publications in Linguistics), volume 9, London, England: University of California Press, →OCLC, page 23
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*aka”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Hawaiian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.ka/, [ˈɐ.kə]

Verb

aka

1. (stative) to appear bright

Noun

aka

1. shadow

Iban

Pronunciation

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

Noun

aka

1. older brother

Icelandic

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): /ˈaːka/
• Rhymes: -aːka

Verb

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

1. to drive [intransitive or with dative ‘a vehicle’]

   Synonym: keyra

   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

Conjugation

aka — active voice (germynd)

infinitive (nafnháttur)		að aka
supine (sagnbót)		ekið
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		akandi
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég ek	við ökum	present (nútíð)	ég aki	við ökum
	þú ekur	þið akið		þú akir	þið akið
	hann, hún, það ekur	þeir, þær, þau aka		hann, hún, það aki	þeir, þær, þau aki
past (þátíð)	ég ók	við ókum	past (þátíð)	ég æki	við ækjum
	þú ókst	þið ókuð		þú ækir	þið ækjuð
	hann, hún, það ók	þeir, þær, þau óku		hann, hún, það æki	þeir, þær, þau ækju
imperative (boðháttur)	ak (þú)	akið (þið)
	Forms with appended personal pronoun
	aktu	akiði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

akast — mediopassive voice (miðmynd)

infinitive (nafnháttur)		að akast
supine (sagnbót)		ekist
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		akandist ** ** the mediopassive present participle is extremely rare and normally not used; it is never used attributively or predicatively, only for explicatory subclauses
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég ekst	við ökumst	present (nútíð)	ég akist	við ökumst
	þú ekst	þið akist		þú akist	þið akist
	hann, hún, það ekst	þeir, þær, þau akast		hann, hún, það akist	þeir, þær, þau akist
past (þátíð)	ég ókst	við ókumst	past (þátíð)	ég ækist	við ækjumst
	þú ókst	þið ókust		þú ækist	þið ækjust
	hann, hún, það ókst	þeir, þær, þau ókust		hann, hún, það ækist	þeir, þær, þau ækjust
imperative (boðháttur)	akst (þú)	akist (þið)
	Forms with appended personal pronoun
	akstu	akisti *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

ekinn — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)

strong declension (sterk beyging)	singular (eintala)				plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)		masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	ekinn	ekin	ekið		eknir	eknar	ekin
accusative (þolfall)	ekinn	ekna	ekið		ekna	eknar	ekin
dative (þágufall)	eknum	ekinni	eknu		eknum	eknum	eknum
genitive (eignarfall)	ekins	ekinnar	ekins		ekinna	ekinna	ekinna
weak declension (veik beyging)	singular (eintala)				plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)		masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	ekni	ekna	ekna		eknu	eknu	eknu
accusative (þolfall)	ekna	eknu	ekna		eknu	eknu	eknu
dative (þágufall)	ekna	eknu	ekna		eknu	eknu	eknu
genitive (eignarfall)	ekna	eknu	ekna		eknu	eknu	eknu

Derived terms

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

Japanese

Romanization

aka

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

Kikuyu

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aka/

Verb

aka (infinitive gwaka)

1. to build

Derived terms

(Nouns)

• mwaki class 1

(Proverbs)

• mũrurĩ ndwakaga

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /àkǎ/

Noun

aka class 2

1. 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

Aka

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]

• Audio:

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Noun

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

Declension

Declension of aka (4th declension)

	singular	plural
nominative	aka	akas
genitive	akas	aku
dative	akai	akām
accusative	aku	akas
instrumental	aku	akām
locative	akā	akās
vocative	aka	akas

Lavukaleve

Conjunction

aka

1. then

Lote

Noun

aka

1. 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

1. 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)

1. to glide, slide slowly
2. 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

1. to increase, enlarge

Conjugation

Conjugation of āka (strong class 7)

infinitive	āka
indicative	present	past
1st person singular	āke	ēk
2nd person singular	akest, akst	ēkest, ēkst
3rd person singular	aketh, akth	ēk
plural	ākath	ēken
subjunctive	present	past
singular	āke	ēke
plural	āke, āken	ēke, ēken
imperative	present
singular	āk
plural	āketh
participle	present	past
	ākande	eāken, āken

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)

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

Conjugation

Conjugation of aka — active (strong class 6)

infinitive	aka
present participle	akandi
past participle	ekinn
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	ek	ók
2nd-person singular	ekr	ókt
3rd-person singular	ekr	ók
1st-person plural	ǫkum	ókum
2nd-person plural	akið	ókuð
3rd-person plural	aka	óku
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	aka	ǿka
2nd-person singular	akir	ǿkir
3rd-person singular	aki	ǿki
1st-person plural	akim	ǿkim
2nd-person plural	akið	ǿkið
3rd-person plural	aki	ǿki
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	ak
1st-person plural	ǫkum
2nd-person plural	akið

Conjugation of aka — mediopassive (strong class 6)

infinitive	akask
present participle	akandisk
past participle	ekizk
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	ǫkumk	ókumk
2nd-person singular	eksk	ókzk
3rd-person singular	eksk	óksk
1st-person plural	ǫkumsk	ókumsk
2nd-person plural	akizk	ókuzk
3rd-person plural	akask	ókusk
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	ǫkumk	ǿkumk
2nd-person singular	akisk	ǿkisk
3rd-person singular	akisk	ǿkisk
1st-person plural	akimsk	ǿkimsk
2nd-person plural	akizk	ǿkizk
3rd-person plural	akisk	ǿkisk
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	aksk
1st-person plural	ǫkumsk
2nd-person plural	akizk

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)

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “aka”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

Old Swedish

Alternative forms

• ᛆᚴᛆ

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”).

Verb

aka

1. to drive

Conjugation

Conjugation of aka (strong)

	present			past
infinitive	aka			—
participle	akandi, akande			akin
active voice	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
iæk	aker	aki, ake	—	ōk	ōki, ōke
þū	aker	aki, ake	ak	ōkt	ōki, ōke
han	aker	aki, ake	—	ōk	ōki, ōke
vīr	akum, akom	akum, akom	akum, akom	ōkum, ōkom	ōkum, ōkom
īr	akin	akin	akin	ōkin	ōkin
þēr	aka	akin	—	ōku, ōko	ōkin
mediopassive voice	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
iæk	aks	akis, akes	—	ōks	ōkis, ōkes
þū	aks	akis, akes	—	ōkts	ōkis, ōkes
han	aks	akis, akes	—	ōks	ōkis, ōkes
vīr	akums, -oms	akums, akoms	—	ōkums, ōkoms	ōkums, ōkoms
īr	akins	akins	—	ōkins	ōkins
þēr	akas	akins	—	ōkus, ōkos	ōkins

Descendants

• Swedish: åka

Ometepec Nahuatl

Noun

aka

1. reed

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English AKA.

Pronunciation

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

Particle

aka

1. (with pseudonyms) AKA, alias

   Synonyms: alias, vel

Further reading

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

Pukapukan

Etymology

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

Noun

aka

1. 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

1. feces, excrement

Declension

declension of aka

	singular	plural
nominative	aka	akakuna
accusative	akata	akakunata
dative	akaman	akakunaman
genitive	akap	akakunap
locative	akapi	akakunapi
terminative	akakama	akakunakama
ablative	akamanta	akakunamanta
instrumental	akawan	akakunawan
comitative	akantin	akakunantin
abessive	akannaq	akakunannaq
comparative	akahina	akakunahina
causative	akarayku	akakunarayku
benefactive	akapaq	akakunapaq
associative	akapura	akakunapura
distributive	akanka	akakunanka
exclusive	akalla	akakunalla

possessive forms of aka

ñuqap - first-person singular

ñuqap (my)	singular	plural
nominative	akay	akaykuna
accusative	akayta	akaykunata
dative	akayman	akaykunaman
genitive	akaypa	akaykunap
locative	akaypi	akaykunapi
terminative	akaykama	akaykunakama
ablative	akaymanta	akaykunamanta
instrumental	akaywan	akaykunawan
comitative	akaynintin	akaykunantin
abessive	akayninnaq	akaykunannaq
comparative	akayhina	akaykunahina
causative	akayrayku	akaykunarayku
benefactive	akaypaq	akaykunapaq
associative	akaypura	akaykunapura
distributive	akayninka	akaykunanka
exclusive	akaylla	akaykunalla

qampa - second-person singular

qampa (your)	singular	plural
nominative	akayki	akaykikuna
accusative	akaykita	akaykikunata
dative	akaykiman	akaykikunaman
genitive	akaykipa	akaykikunap
locative	akaykipi	akaykikunapi
terminative	akaykikama	akaykikunakama
ablative	akaykimanta	akaykikunamanta
instrumental	akaykiwan	akaykikunawan
comitative	akaykintin	akaykikunantin
abessive	akaykinnaq	akaykikunannaq
comparative	akaykihina	akaykikunahina
causative	akaykirayku	akaykikunarayku
benefactive	akaykipaq	akaykikunapaq
associative	akaykipura	akaykikunapura
distributive	akaykinka	akaykikunanka
exclusive	akaykilla	akaykikunalla

paypa - third-person singular

paypa (his/her/its)	singular	plural
nominative	akan	akankuna
accusative	akanta	akankunata
dative	akanman	akankunaman
genitive	akanpa	akankunap
locative	akanpi	akankunapi
terminative	akankama	akankunakama
ablative	akanmanta	akankunamanta
instrumental	akanwan	akankunawan
comitative	akanintin	akankunantin
abessive	akanninnaq	akankunannaq
comparative	akanhina	akankunahina
causative	akanrayku	akankunarayku
benefactive	akanpaq	akankunapaq
associative	akanpura	akankunapura
distributive	akaninka	akankunanka
exclusive	akanlla	akankunalla

ñuqanchikpa - first-person inclusive plural

ñuqanchikpa (our(incl))	singular	plural
nominative	akanchik	akanchikkuna
accusative	akanchikta	akanchikkunata
dative	akanchikman	akanchikkunaman
genitive	akanchikpa	akanchikkunap
locative	akanchikpi	akanchikkunapi
terminative	akanchikkama	akanchikkunakama
ablative	akanchikmanta	akanchikkunamanta
instrumental	akanchikwan	akanchikkunawan
comitative	akanchiknintin	akanchikkunantin
abessive	akanchikninnaq	akanchikkunannaq
comparative	akanchikhina	akanchikkunahina
causative	akanchikrayku	akanchikkunarayku
benefactive	akanchikpaq	akanchikkunapaq
associative	akanchikpura	akanchikkunapura
distributive	akanchikninka	akanchikkunanka
exclusive	akanchiklla	akanchikkunalla

ñuqaykup - first-person exclusive plural

ñuqaykup (our(excl))	singular	plural
nominative	akayku	akaykukuna
accusative	akaykuta	akaykukunata
dative	akaykuman	akaykukunaman
genitive	akaykupa	akaykukunap
locative	akaykupi	akaykukunapi
terminative	akaykukama	akaykukunakama
ablative	akaykumanta	akaykukunamanta
instrumental	akaykuwan	akaykukunawan
comitative	akaykuntin	akaykukunantin
abessive	akaykunnaq	akaykukunannaq
comparative	akaykuhina	akaykukunahina
causative	akaykurayku	akaykukunarayku
benefactive	akaykupaq	akaykukunapaq
associative	akaykupura	akaykukunapura
distributive	akaykunka	akaykukunanka
exclusive	akaykulla	akaykukunalla

qamkunap - second-person plural

qamkunap (your(pl))	singular	plural
nominative	akaykichik	akaykichikkuna
accusative	akaykichikta	akaykichikkunata
dative	akaykichikman	akaykichikkunaman
genitive	akaykichikpa	akaykichikkunap
locative	akaykichikpi	akaykichikkunapi
terminative	akaykichikkama	akaykichikkunakama
ablative	akaykichikmanta	akaykichikkunamanta
instrumental	akaykichikwan	akaykichikkunawan
comitative	akaykichiknintin	akaykichikkunantin
abessive	akaykichikninnaq	akaykichikkunannaq
comparative	akaykichikhina	akaykichikkunahina
causative	akaykichikrayku	akaykichikkunarayku
benefactive	akaykichikpaq	akaykichikkunapaq
associative	akaykichikpura	akaykichikkunapura
distributive	akaykichikninka	akaykichikkunanka
exclusive	akaykichiklla	akaykichikkunalla

paykunap - third-person plural

paykunap (their)	singular	plural
nominative	akanku	akankukuna
accusative	akankuta	akankukunata
dative	akankuman	akankukunaman
genitive	akankupa	akankukunap
locative	akankupi	akankukunapi
terminative	akankukama	akankukunakama
ablative	akankumanta	akankukunamanta
instrumental	akankuwan	akankukunawan
comitative	akankuntin	akankukunantin
abessive	akankunnaq	akankukunannaq
comparative	akankuhina	akankukunahina
causative	akankurayku	akankukunarayku
benefactive	akankupaq	akankukunapaq
associative	akankupura	akankukunapura
distributive	akankunka	akankukunanka
exclusive	akankulla	akankukunalla

See also

• akay

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

1. root (of plant)

References

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

Rayón Zoque

Noun

aka

1. 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

1. hook

Etymology 2

From English hawk.

Noun

aka

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

Tagalog

Pronunciation

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

Interjection

aká (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜃ) (obsolete)

1. Alternative form of aha

Further reading

• “aka”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Taivoan

Noun

aka

1. older brother or older sister.

Ternate

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈa.ka]

Verb

aka

1. (transitive) to toss, throw

Conjugation

Conjugation of aka

		singular	plural
			inclusive	exclusive
1st person		toaka	foaka	miaka
2nd person		noaka	niaka
3rd person	masculine	oaka	iaka yoaka (archaic)
	feminine	moaka
	neuter	iaka

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

1. root

Etymology 2

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

Noun

aka

1. heel
2. kick

Verb

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

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

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

Further reading

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

Torres Strait Creole

Noun

aka

1. 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

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

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

References

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Turkish

Noun

aka

1. dative singular of ak

Uzbek

Other scripts

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

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *(i)āka.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

aka (plural akalar)

1. older brother

Declension

Declension of aka

	singular	plural
nominative	aka	akalar
genitive	akaning	akalarning
dative	akaga	akalarga
definite accusative	akani	akalarni
locative	akada	akalarda
ablative	akadan	akalardan
similative	akadek	akalardek

Possessive forms of aka

1st person singular
	singular	plural
nominative	akam	akalarim
genitive	akamning	akalarimning
dative	akamga	akalarimga
definite accusative	akamni	akalarimni
locative	akamda	akalarimda
ablative	akamdan	akalarimdan
similative	akamdek	akalarimdek
2nd person singular
	singular	plural
nominative	akang	akalaring
genitive	akangning	akalaringning
dative	akangga	akalaringga
definite accusative	akangni	akalaringni
locative	akangda	akalaringda
ablative	akangdan	akalaringdan
similative	akangdek	akalaringdek
3rd person singular
	singular	plural
nominative	akasi	akalari
genitive	akasining	akalarining
dative	akasiga	akalariga
definite accusative	akasini	akalarini
locative	akasida	akalarida
ablative	akasidan	akalaridan
similative	akasidek	akalaridek
1st person plural
	singular	plural
nominative	akamiz	akalarimiz
genitive	akamizning	akalarimizning
dative	akamizga	akalarimizga
definite accusative	akamizni	akalarimizni
locative	akamizda	akalarimizda
ablative	akamizdan	akalarimizdan
similative	akamizdek	akalarimizdek
2nd person plural
	singular	plural
nominative	akangiz	akalaringiz
genitive	akangizning	akalaringizning
dative	akangizga	akalaringizga
definite accusative	akangizni	akalaringizni
locative	akangizda	akalaringizda
ablative	akangizdan	akalaringizdan
similative	akangizdek	akalaringizdek
3rd person plural
	singular	plural
nominative	akasi	akalari
genitive	akasining	akalarining
dative	akasiga	akalariga
definite accusative	akasini	akalarini
locative	akasida	akalarida
ablative	akasidan	akalaridan
similative	akasidek	akalaridek

Wauja

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈka/

Interjection

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!)

References

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

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies

ALIV	aka
Brazilian standard	aka
New Tribes	aca

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

1. (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.

See also

Ye'kwana primitive postpositions

	generic location	specific location or goal	pathway
object class 1	awö	aka	ai
object class 2	tawö	taka	tai
aquatic object	kwawö	kwaka	kwai

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

1. water
2. 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

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

   Synonym: apá

Descendants

• Yoruba: ọ̀gụ̀nrụ̀nká (“shoulder”)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ā.kā/

Noun

aká

1. The plant Cynometra mannii in the genus Cynometra

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ā.ká/

Noun

aká

1. a crippled person

   Synonyms: amúkùn-ún, arọ, ẹlẹ́gbà

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /à.ká/

Noun

àká

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

   Synonyms: abà, ahéré

Derived terms

• àká-ọ̀rọ̀ (“lexicon”)

Zazaki

Adverb

aka

1. so