aka

See also: Appendix:Variations of "aka"

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Translingual

Etymology

Clipping of English Akan.

Symbol

aka

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

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Akan terms

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.
   • 2023 March 3, For AR People, “Legislators try new tricks to tank citizens’ right to put issues on the ballot”, in Arkansas Times‎:

     The Arkansas Legislature, aka the broligarchy, does not believe in the people’s right to the ballot process. This is as disappointing as is it unconstitutional, though the unconstitutionality isn’t stopping the bill’s sponsors.

Anagrams

• aak

Abau

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aka/

Verb

aka

1. to let, to allow

Conjugation

Conjugation of aka

	imperfective	perfective
∅	akâ	akà
manner prefixes
nak (acc (accompaniment))	nakakâ	nakakà
hiy (caus (causative))	hiyakâ	hiyakà
non (du (dual accompaniment))	nonakâ	nonakà
saw (spd (speed, urgency))	sawakâ	sawakà
kor (lim (limitation))	korakâ	korakà
kiy (act (actuality))	kiyakâ	kiyakà
nuw (int (intensity))	nuwakâ	nuwakà
ma (rpt (repetitive))	maakâ	maakà
directional prefixes
a (at some distance)	aakâ	aakà
amor (right there)	amorakâ	amorakà
am (near)	amakâ	amakà
ka (side)	kaakâ	kaakà
kay (across)	kayakâ	kayakà
lay (straight forward (horizontally))	layakâ	layakà
lak (towards the river)	lakakâ	lakakà
lam (away from the river)	lamakâ	lamakà
lik (alongside the river, downstream)	likakâ	likakà
lim (alongside the river, upstream)	limakâ	limakà
kyor (downward (vertically))	kyorakâ	kyorakà
ar (upward (vertically))	arakâ	arakà

References

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