aka

Preposition

aka

1. Alternative letter-case form of AKA

Anagrams

• aak

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

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. (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

Romanization

aka

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

Noun

aka

1. hoe

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]

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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

Etymology

From Proto-Eastern Polynesian *aka, 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)

Alternative forms

• (De'kwana): a'ka

Preposition

aka

1. (Ye'kwana dialect) within, inside

References

• Cáceres, Natalia. Grammaire Fonctionelle-Typologique du Ye'kwana.

Etymology

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

References

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

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. feces

Etymology

From Proto-Eastern Polynesian *aka, 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)

Etymology

From Dutch haak.

Noun

aka

1. hook

Etymology

From Proto-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. grandmother

Etymology

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

Noun

aka (plural akalar)

1. brother

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈka/

Interjection

aka

1. ow, ouch (expressing pain, esp. 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. (lit., [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.

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)