āķis

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Latvian

Āķis
Āķis
Makšķeres āķi
Celtņa āķis

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German hake or Middle Dutch haeck or an East Frisian word (compare Saterland Frisian Hoake (hook), German Haken), all ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *keg-, *kek- (peg, hook; to bend).[1]

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Noun

āķis m (2nd declension)

  1. hook (instrument with a curved extremity ending in a pointed tip, used to hang or suspend things)
    metāla, tērauda, kaula āķismetal, steel, bone hook
    iedzīt klintī āķusto drive hooks into the rock
    makšķeres āķisfishhook
    uzlikt ēsmu uz āķato put the bait on the (fish)hook
    uzkabināt uz āķato hang (something) on a hook
    noņemt no āķato take something off from the hook
    celtņa āķiscrane hook
  2. a hidden or disguised intention or thought
    tur vajag būt kādam āķimthere has to be some hook (= hidden intention) there
    lūk, kur tas āķis! — look, there is the hook! (= that was the hidden intention)

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References

  1. ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “āķis”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN