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Iraqi Arabic
Etymology
From Arabic يكون (“he/it is”).
Pronunciation
Determiner
أكو (aku)
- there is
اكو واحد گِدّامَك- aku wāḥid giddāmak
- there is someone in front of you
See also
- ماكو (māku, “there isn't”)
- شكو (šaku, “what's there”)
- شكو ماكو (šaku māku, “what's up”)
Ternate
Pronunciation
Verb
أكو (Rumi aku)
- (auxiliary) to be allowed, may
- أكو ؤواة سکالي٢ أن إهورو سسيرة ― aku ua sakali-sakali ana ihoru sosira ― it is absolutely not allowed that they paddle earlier
Usage notes
As an auxiliary, أكو (aku) follows the main verb. It may take the subject clitics (o, mo, etc.) only either for emphasis or when أكو (aku) is used as the sole verb in a sentence.
References
- Frederik Sigismund Alexander de Clercq (1890) Bijdragen tot de kennis der Residentie Ternate, E.J. Brill
- Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh