aake

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English aken, from Old English acan, from Proto-West Germanic *akan. Cognate with Scots yawk.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aːk/

Verb

aake

1. to ache
   • 1867, “VERSES IN ANSWER TO THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 2, page 100:

     Craneen t' thee wee aam, thee luggès shell aake.

     Choking to thee with them. Thy ears shall ache.

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 21

Yoruba

Etymology

Contraction of àkíké.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /àá.ké/

Noun

àáké

1. axe

   mo fi àáké gé igi ― I cut a the wood with an axe

Synonyms

Yoruba varieties and languages: àáké (“axe”)
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Language family	Variety group	Variety/language	Subdialect	Location	Words
Proto-Itsekiri-SEY	Southeast Yoruba	Eastern Àkókó	Ọ̀bà	Ọ̀bà Àkókó	àkéké, ẹdùn, àìrà
		Ìjẹ̀bú	Ìjẹ̀bú	Ìjẹ̀bú Òde	àíké
				Àgọ́ Ìwòyè	àíké
				Ìjẹ̀bú Igbó	àíké
			Rẹ́mọ	Ẹ̀pẹ́	àíké
				Ìkẹ́nnẹ́	àíké
				Ìkòròdú	àíké
				Òde Rẹ́mọ	àíké
				Ṣágámù	àíké
		Ifọ́n		Ifọ́n	àíké
		Ìkálẹ̀ (Ùkálẹ̀)		Òkìtìpupa	àkíké, àbálá
		Ọ̀wọ̀ (Ọ̀ghọ̀)		Ọ̀wọ̀ (Ọ̀ghọ̀)	ẹdọ̀n
	Ìtsẹkírì			Ìwẹrẹ	uṣẹ́gin
	Olùkùmi			Ugbódù	ẹ̀dọ̀n
Proto-Yoruba	Central Yoruba	Èkìtì	Èkìtì	Àdó Èkìtì	àkíké, ẹdụ̀n
				Òdè Èkìtì	àkíké, ẹdụ̀n
				Òmùò Èkìtì	àkíké, ẹdụ̀n
				Awó Èkìtì	àkíké, ẹdụ̀n
				Ìfàkì Èkìtì	àkíké, ẹdụ̀n, àéké
			Àkúrẹ́	Àkúrẹ́	àkíké, ẹdụ̀n
	Northwest Yoruba	Èkó		Èkó	àáké, ẹdùn
		Ìbàdàn		Ìbàdàn	àáké, ẹdùn
		Ìlọrin		Ìlọrin	àáké, ẹdùn
		Ọ̀yọ́		Ọ̀yọ́	àáké, ẹdùn
				Ògbómọ̀ṣọ́ (Ògbómọ̀sọ́)	àáké, ẹdùn
				Ìkirè	àáké, ẹdùn
				Ìwó	àáké, ẹdùn
		Standard Yorùbá		Nàìjíríà	àáké, ẹdùn
				Bɛ̀nɛ̀	àáké, ɛdùn
	Northeast Yoruba/Okun	Owé		Kabba	àáké
	Ede languages/Southwest Yoruba	Ìdàácà	Benin	Igbó Ìdàácà (Dasa Zunmɛ̀)	ɛdùn
				Gbómìnà (Glazwé)	ɛdùn
		Ifɛ̀		Akpáré	ɛɖɔ̃̀, kàtàkàrígí (small axe)
				Atakpamɛ	ɛɖɔ̃̀, kàtàkàrígí (small axe)
				Est-Mono	ɛɖɔ̃̀, kàtàkàrígí (small axe)
				Tchetti (Tsɛti, Cɛti)	ɛɖɔ̃̀, kàtàkàrígí (small axe)
Note: This amalgamation of terms comes from a number of different academic papers focused on the unique varieties and languages spoken in the Yoruboid dialectal continuum which extends from eastern Togo to southern Nigeria. The terms for spoken varieties, now deemed dialects of Yorùbá in Nigeria (i.e. Southeast Yorùbá, Northwest Yorùbá, Central Yorùbá, and Northeast Yorùbá), have converged with those of Standard Yorùbá leading to the creation of what can be labeled Common Yorùbá (Funṣọ Akere, 1977). It can be assumed that the Standard Yorùbá term can also be used in most Nigerian varieties alongside native terms, especially amongst younger speakers. This does not apply to the other Nigerian Yoruboid languages of Ìṣẹkírì and Olùkùmi, nor the Èdè Languages of Benin and Togo.

Derived terms

• aláàáké (“someone who sells axes, a lumberjack”)
• àáké ìṣọlọ́jọ̀jọ̀ (“paring axe”)
• àákéboro