English

Proper noun

Aka

1. Any of two lakes in Alaska.

Hungarian

Etymology

Attested since 1437. Usually explained as a derivation from personal name Ok or the place name Akes. Helimski argues for Slavic borrowing; compare Common Slavic *oko ‎(“eye”), which was also used as a designation for lakes, ponds and springs.

Proper noun

Aka

1. A village in Komárom-Esztergom county, Hungary.

References

• Marek Stachowski, Eugen Helimskis Materialien zur Erforschung der ältesten slawisch-ungarischen Sprachkontakte, Studia Etymologica Cracoviensia 14 (2009): 35–107 Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego: Kraków, page 41

Turkish

Proper noun

Aka

1. A male given name

English

Preposition

aka

1. Alternative letter-case form of AKA

Anagrams

• aak

Faroese

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 ‎(ájati, “to drive, propel, cast”).

Verb

aka ‎(third person singular past indicative ók, third person plural past indicative óku, supine ikið)

1. to drive

Conjugation

Icelandic

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 ‎(ájati, “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

Conjugation

Derived terms

• aka sér (to squirm, to writhe)
• aka framhjá (to drive by, to drive past)

Synonyms

• (drive): keyra

Japanese

Romanization

aka

1. rōmaji reading of あか
2. rōmaji reading of アカ

Kashubian

Noun

aka

1. hoe

Latvian

Aka

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 око ‎(óko), Bulgarian око ‎(okó), Czech, Polish oko, Ancient Greek ὀπή ‎(opḗ, “hole, opening, cave; visiion”).^[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [aka]

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

Declension

References

1. ↑ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “aka”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, ISBN 9984-700-12-7

Lavukaleve

Conjunction

aka

1. then

Maori

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)

Maquiritari

Alternative forms

• (De'kwana): a'ka

Preposition

aka

1. (Ye'kwana dialect) within, inside

References

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

Old Norse

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ak‧a

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *akaną, from Proto-Indo-European. Cognates include Ancient Greek ἄγω ‎(ágō, “lead”), Latin agō ‎(“do, drive”) and Sanskrit अजति ‎(ajati, “drive, propel, cast”).

Verb

aka ‎(singular past indicative ók, plural past indicative óku, past participle akinn)

1. To drive (e.g. a cart).

Descendants

References

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

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse aka, from Proto-Germanic *akaną.

Verb

aka

1. to drive

Conjugation

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Descendants

• Swedish: åka

Rapa Nui

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)

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From Dutch haak.

Noun

aka

1. hook

Tongan

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)

Torres Strait Creole

Noun

aka

1. grandmother

Turkish

Noun

aka

1. dative singular of ak

Uzbek

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *(i)āka

Noun

aka ‎(plural akalar)

1. brother

Wauja

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.

Yemsa

Noun

aka

1. water
2. river

References

• R. J. Hayward, Omotic Language Studies (ISBN 113634960X, 2012), page 116
• The Sound of Indo-european: Phonetics, Phonemics (ISBN 8763538385, 2012), page 8: Omotic: (North) Yemsa aka id. (Appleyard 2006, 144)