ak

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ak"

Languages (39)

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Translingual

Etymology

Clipping of English Akan.

Symbol

ak

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

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Akan terms

English

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

ak

1. apple of Sodom (Calotropis procera).

Abau

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ak/

Noun

ak class II gender f

1. edible water insect

References

• SIL International (2020), “Abau Dictionary”, in Webonary.org‎

Abinomn

Noun

ak (dual akrom, plural aigon)

1. egg

Ainu

Etymology 1

Possibly related to Nivkh ыкын (əkən), аӄанд (aqand, “elder brother”).

Alternative forms

• aki

Noun

ak (Kana spelling アㇰ)

1. younger brother

Etymology 2

Verb

ak (Kana spelling アㇰ)

1. to shoot with an arrow

References

• John Batchelor (1905), An Ainu-English-Japanese dictionary (including a grammar of the Ainu language)‎, Tokyo; London: Methodist Publishing House; Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner Co., page 22
• “ak （アㇰ）”, in Ainu-English Dictionary‎, TranslationDirectory.com, 25 April 2023 (last accessed)

Antillean Creole

Etymology

Its usage as meaning "with" and "and" is modelled after usage of similar terms in substrate languages. Its phonological form might be from French avec (“with”) or Wolof ak or both.

Pronunciation

This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA then please add some!

Conjunction

ak

1. and; connects two noun phrases.

Preposition

ak

1. with

Awa-Cuaiquer

Adjective

ak

1. shy

References

• Curnow, T. J. (1997). A grammar of Awa Pit (Cuaiquer): An indigenous language of south-western Colombia. The Australian National University.

Ch'orti'

Etymology

From Proto-Mayan *ʔaaq.

Noun

ak

1. grass

References

• Stross, Brian; Wisdom, Charles (1992), "Ch'orti' Mayan Lexicon." (Transcribed and transliterated from handwritten fieldnotes of Charles Wisdom), Language Laboratory, Dept. of Anthropology, University of Texas, page 5

• Hull, Kerry (2016), A Dictionary of Ch'orti' Mayan-Spanish-English, Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, →ISBN, page 48

Epigraphic Mayan

Etymology

From Proto-Mayan *ʔahq.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔɑk/, /ʔɑhk/

Noun

ak

1. turtle

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ak/

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Preposition

ak

1. (Quebec, informal) pronunciation spelling of avec

Gagauz

Etymology

From Old Anatolian Turkish [script needed] (aq, “white”), from Proto-Turkic *āk (“white”). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰀𐰴 (aq, “white”), Karakhanid ااقْ (āq, “white”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑk/

Adjective

ak (comparative taa ak, superlative en ak)

1. white

Gothic

Romanization

ak

1. romanization of 𐌰𐌺

Haitian Creole

Etymology

Its usage as meaning "with" and "and" is modelled after usage of similar terms in substrate languages. Its phonological form might be from French avec (“with”) or Wolof ak or both; in the former case, it is a doublet of avèk.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ak/

Conjunction

ak

1. and; connects two noun phrases.
   • 2019 March 19, “Rankont ann Itali ant Anvwaye Espesyal Etazini ak Larisi sou Kriz Venezuela a”, in Lavwadlamerik‎:

     Anvwaye espesyal Etazini pou Venezuela, Elliot Abrams, ak vis-minis afè etranjè Larisi, Sergei Ryabkov, ap fè reyinyon nan vil Wòm ann Itali pou yo pale sou “sityasyon Venezuela kap agrave.”

     American Special Envoy for Venezuela Elliot Abrams and Russian Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergei Ryabkov are meeting in the city of Rome, Italy to speak about "the worsening situation in Venezuela."

Preposition

ak

1. with

   Synonyms: avè, avèk

Hanunoo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔak/ [ˈʔɐk]
• Rhymes: -ak
• Syllabification: ak

Pronoun

ak (Hanunoo spelling ᜠᜣ᜴) (literary)

1. apocopic form of ako

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

Hokkien

For pronunciation and definitions of ak – see 沃 (“fertile; rich; lush; to irrigate; to water; to soak; etc.”). (This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 沃).

Indonesian

Alternative forms

• aq (alay)
• q (alay)

Pronoun

ak

1. (text messaging, slang) abbreviation of aku

Ingrian

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈɑk/, [ˈɑk]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈɑk/, [ˈɑɡ̊]
• Rhymes: -ɑk
• Hyphenation: ak

Interjection

ak

1. alternative form of ah

References

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 9

Karaim

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *āk.

Noun

ak

1. white

Adjective

ak

1. white

References

N. A. Baskakov, S.M. Šapšala, editor (1973), “ak”, in Karaimsko-Russko-Polʹskij Slovarʹ [Karaim-Russian-Polish Dictionary], Moscow: Moskva, →ISBN

Lacandon

Etymology 1

From Proto-Mayan *ahq.

Noun

ak

1. turtle, tortoise
2. A constellation. (clarification of this definition is needed.)

Derived terms

• chanak
• chʌk ik ak
• jach ak
• kꞌʌnak

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

ak

1. lemongrass (Cymbopogon citratus)

References

• Baer, Phillip; Baer, Mary; Chan Kꞌin, Manuel; Chan Kꞌin, Antonio (2018), Diccionaro maya lacandón (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 51)‎ (in Spanish), Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., pages 3–4