ak

Clipping of English Akan.

ak

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

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Akan terms

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

ak

1. apple of Sodom (Calotropis procera).

ak

1. (Stenoscript) Abbreviation of act.
2. (Stenoscript) Abbreviation of acknowledge and related forms of that word (acknowledges, acknowledged, acknowledging, acknowledgement etc.)

• IPA^(key): /ak/

ak class II gender f

1. edible water insect

• SIL International (2020), “Abau Dictionary”, in Webonary.org‎^[2]

ak (dual akrom, plural aigon)

1. egg

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

• aki

ak (Kana spelling アㇰ)

1. younger brother

ak (Kana spelling アㇰ)

1. to shoot with an arrow

• John Batchelor (1905), An Ainu-English-Japanese dictionary (including a grammar of the Ainu language)‎^[3], Tokyo; London: Methodist Publishing House; Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner Co., page 22
• “ak （アㇰ）”, in Ainu-English Dictionary‎^[4], TranslationDirectory.com, 25 April 2023 (last accessed)

Its usage as meaning "with" and "and" is modelled after usage of similar terms in substrate languages.[5] Its phonological form might be from French avec (“with”) or Wolof ak or both.

ak

1. and; connects two noun phrases.

ak

1. with

ak

1. shy

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

From Proto-Mayan *7aaq.

ak

1. grass

• 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

From Proto-Mayan *ahq.

• IPA^(key): /ʔɑk/, /ʔɑhk/

ak

1. turtle

• IPA^(key): /ak/

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ak

1. (Quebec, informal) pronunciation spelling of avec

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

• IPA^(key): /ɑk/

ak (comparative taa ak, superlative en ak)

1. white

ak

1. romanization of 𐌰𐌺

Its usage as meaning "with" and "and" is modelled after usage of similar terms in substrate languages.[6] Its phonological form might be from French avec (“with”) or Wolof ak or both; in the former case, it is a doublet of avèk.

• IPA^(key): /ak/

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^[7]:

     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."

ak

1. with

   Synonyms: avè, avèk

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

ak (Hanunoo spelling ᜠᜣ᜴) (literary)

1. apocopic form of ako

• Conklin, Harold C. (1953), Hanunóo-English Vocabulary (University of California Publications in Linguistics), volume 9, London, England: University of California Press, →OCLC, page 23

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).

• aq (alay)
• q (alay)

ak

1. (text messaging, slang) abbreviation of aku

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

ak

1. alternative form of ah

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

From Proto-Turkic *āk.

ak

1. white

ak

1. white

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

From Proto-Mayan *ahq.

ak

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

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ak

1. lemongrass (Cymbopogon citratus)

• 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)‎^[8] (in Spanish), Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., pages 3–4

Borrowed from German ach (“oh”). In 16th- and 17th-century literature, o or oh was often used in this sense. In a text from 1638, German ach is translated as ok, which points to a borrowing from Russian ох (ox). The from ak, from German, was introduced in the 17th-18th century.^[1]

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ak

1. used to indicate various feelings: joy, excitement, fear, distress; oh! ah!

   ak, cik lieliski! ― oh! how great!

   ak, kāda laime! ― oh, such happiness!

   ak, kas par prieku! ― oh, what joy!

   ak, kā patīk! ― oh, how pleasant!

   ak, briesmas! ― oh! danger!

   ak, brīvība! tā ir vitamīns, kas dzelzij un akmenim cauri ēdas ― ah! freedom! that is a vitamin that eats through stone and iron

   vai tu viņus atradi? ak, mani bērni, mani bērniņi! ― have you found them? oh, my children, my (poor) little children!

   “matemātika”, zēns bubina un izņem grāmatu... ak vai, ak vai, un visi citi jau guļ! ― “mathematics,” the boy whispered and took the book... oh, oh (= poor me!), and all others are already sleeping (but I must study)!

2. used to express certain mental states — e.g., surprise, disappointment, disapproval — in an emotional but also intelligent, perceptive way; ah! oh!

   ak, ko es redzu! ― ah! what do I see (here)!

   ak, kas par godu! ― ah! what an honor!

   ak, kā jāstrādā! ― oh! what should be done?

   ak, kaut es dabūtu! ― ah! if only I could get (that)!

   ak, tas tikai sīkums! ― oh, that's just a trifle

   ak, vasara, vasara, kā tu vari mulsināt jaunu meiču sirdis! ― ah! summer, summer, how you can confuse young girls' hearts!

3. (often in combination with the pronoun tu (“you”)) used to reinforce an interjection by either literally or metaphorically attributing some characteristic to the hearer; (ah,) you ... ! you ... ! oh ...!

   ak (tu) neprāts! ― ah, you crazy one!

   ak tu palaidnis tāds! ― (ah,) you rascal!

   ak (tu) kungs! ― oh Lord!

   ak (tu) dievs! ― oh God!

   ak (tu) velns! ― oh devil!

   ak (tu) ļauna pasaule! ― oh evil world!

   nē, nē, māt, pavasarī gan grūti mirt; visas puķītes zied, putniņi dzied, ak tu jaukā pasaulīte! ― no, no, mother, it is difficult to die in spring; all the little flowers are blooming, the birds are singing, oh (you) lovely world!

   “ak tu mūžs, kas te to zvēru!” māte iesaucās, redzot pēdas sniegā ― “ah life, what wild beast is that!” the mother exclaimed, seeing tracks in the snow

ak

1. used to give an interjectional flavor to an utterance, especially when expressing surprise; oh!

   ak tu tas esi! ― oh! that's you!

   ak tad tā! ― oh, it's like that, then!

   ak paspēji gan! ― oh, you did it!

   ak tāds tu esi! ― oh, that's what you're like!

   ak jā! ak nē! ak tā! ― oh, yes! oh, no! oh!... (expressions used when suddenly remembering something)

   ak jā, gandrīz būtu piemirsis: labasdienas, māt, no Līzes ― oh yes, I had almost forgotten: greetings, mother, from Līze

   “ak tad tur tā vaina!” Ozols beidzot saprata ― “ooh, there then is the blame (= problem)!” Ozols finally understood

• (phonetics) IPA^(key): [ɑk]
• (phonemic) IPA^(key): /ɰæk/
• Bender phonemes: {hak}

ak

1. but
2. or

ak

1. but

ak

1. frigatebird

• Marshallese–English Online Dictionary

• ocke

From Proto-West Germanic *auk, from Proto-Germanic *auk. Cognates include Old English ēac, Old Saxon ōk and Old Dutch ōk.

• IPA^(key): /ˈaːk/

āk

1. also, too
2. but, however

• North Frisian:

  Föhr-Amrum: uk

• Saterland Frisian: uk, ook
• West Frisian: ek

• Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009), An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN

From Proto-Germanic *ak. Cognate with Old English ac, Gothic 𐌰𐌺 (ak), Old High German oh.

ak

1. but
   • 9th c. Heliand, verse 2366

     ...sunu drohtīnes, ak hē sagde mid wordun...

     ...Lord's son, but he told with words...

From Pre-Palauan *aku, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)aku, from Proto-Austronesian *(i-)aku.

ak

1. I (non-emphatic)

Unknown. Most likely related to Kott akčex, akčeg (“to erect”), akfâtekŋ (“I erect it.”).^[1]

ak (VW.)

1. to lie down, to assume a horizontal position

• Werner, Heinrich (2005), “ak”, in Die Jenissej-Sprachen des 18. Jahrhunderts, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 179

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• IPA^(key): /ak/

ak

1. if

• “ak”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

• IPA^(key): /ˈak/
• Rhymes: -ak
• Syllabification: ak

ak (not comparable)

1. alternative form of jak

ak

1. alternative form of jak

• Lorentz, Friedrich (1908), “ãk”, in Slovinzisches Wörterbuch‎^[9] (in German), volume 1, Saint Petersburg: ОРЯС ИАН, page 2

Cognate with Northern Tepehuan áki, O'odham ʼakĭ.

ak (plural aꞌak)

1. arroyo

• akkɨꞌn
• gɇꞌ ak

• R. de Willett, Elizabeth, et al. (2016), Diccionario tepehuano de Santa María Ocotán, Durango (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 48)‎^[10] (in Spanish), electronic edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 6

ak

1. romanization of 𒀝 (ak)

• aq

ak

1. abbreviation of akademisk kvart
2. abbreviation of automatkarbin

• k:a

• aked, ked, ag, ig

ak (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴽ)

1. with, alongside (in company of)
2. against (in opposition to)

   Fransa itirar ak Uliman. ― France is playing against Germany.

From Proto-Tocharian *ëk, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ókʷs, from *h₃okʷ- (“to see”) + the noun-forming ending *-s. Compare Tocharian B ek.

ak ?

1. eye

• aśäṃ

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑk/

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish آق (ak), from Proto-Turkic *āk.

ak

1. white

   Synonym: beyaz

   Antonyms: kara, siyah

2. (figuratively) clean
3. (figuratively) honest
4. (figuratively) comfortable
5. (archaic) west

ak (definite accusative akı, plural aklar)

1. white

   Synonym: beyaz

compass points:  ^[edit]

kuzeybatı	kuzey şimal kara	kuzeydoğu
batı garp ak		doğu şark gök
güneybatı	güney cenup kızıl	güneydoğu

Colors in Turkish · renkler (layout · text)

beyaz, ak	gri, boz	siyah, kara
kırmızı, kızıl; al	turuncu; kahverengi, boz	sarı; bej
limon çürüğü	yeşil	nane yeşili
camgöbeği; turkuaz	gök, mavi	lacivert
eflatun; mor	pembe; mor	yavruağzı

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “ak”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “ak”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
• “ak”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

ak

1. second-person singular imperative of akmak

Other scripts
Latin	ak‍
Cyrillic	ак‍
Arabic	آق

From Proto-Turkic *āk (“white”).

• IPA^(key): /aːq/

ak (comparative akrak, superlative iň ak)

1. white

• “ak” in Enedilim.com
• “ak” in Webonary.org

From Proto-Finnic *akka.

ak

1. (old) woman

Inflection of ak (inflection type 5/sana)
nominative sing.	ak
genitive sing.	akan
partitive sing.	akad
partitive plur.	akoid
	singular	plural
nominative	ak	akad
accusative	akan	akad
genitive	akan	akoiden
partitive	akad	akoid
essive-instructive	akan	akoin
translative	akaks	akoikš
inessive	akas	akoiš
elative	akaspäi	akoišpäi
illative	akaha	akoihe
adessive	akal	akoil
ablative	akalpäi	akoilpäi
allative	akale	akoile
abessive	akata	akoita
comitative	akanke	akoidenke
prolative	akadme	akoidme
approximative I	akanno	akoidenno
approximative II	akannoks	akoidennoks
egressive	akannopäi	akoidennopäi
terminative I	akahasai	akoihesai
terminative II	akalesai	akoilesai
terminative III	akassai	—
additive I	akahapäi	akoihepäi
additive II	akalepäi	akoilepäi

• Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “баба, жена, старуха”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎^[11], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

Influenced by teencode.

ak

1. (slang, Internet, text messaging) abbreviation of à

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ak

1. and, used between nouns
2. with

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