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”).^[1]

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

References

Conjunction

aka

1. then

Noun

aka

1. canoe

References

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

Etymology

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).

Noun

aka

1. root (of plant)

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.

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

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)

Further reading

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

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

Noun

aka

1. reed

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

Etymology

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.

Noun

aka

1. root (of plant)

Noun

aka

1. feces, excrement

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

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)‎ (in Spanish), México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 3

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Dutch haak.

Etymology 2

From English hawk.

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

Noun

aka

1. older brother or older sister.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈa.ka]

Verb

aka

1. (transitive) to toss, throw

References

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

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

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

References

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

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.ka/

Noun

aka

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

References

Noun

aka

1. grandmother

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

References

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Noun

aka

1. dative singular of ak

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *(i)āka.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

aka (plural akalar)

1. older brother

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.

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

References

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

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)

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

Etymology 2

Etymology 3

Etymology 4

Adverb

aka

1. so