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Àkán 
Akàn
Alak
Noun
akan
- (Alak) woman
Alternative forms
- kan (Harak)
Further reading
- Theraphan L. Thongkum, The place of Lawi, Harak and Tariang within Bahnaric (1997), in The Mon-Khmer Studies Journal, volume 27
Finnish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Noun
akan
Etymology 2
Alternative forms
Noun
akan
- Akan (West African language spoken mainly in Ghana and Ivory Coast)
Declension
| Inflection of akan (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | ||||
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| nominative | akan | — | ||
| genitive | akanin | — | ||
| partitive | akania | — | ||
| illative | akaniin | — | ||
| singular | plural | |||
| nominative | akan | — | ||
| accusative | nom. | akan | — | |
| gen. | akanin | |||
| genitive | akanin | — | ||
| partitive | akania | — | ||
| inessive | akanissa | — | ||
| elative | akanista | — | ||
| illative | akaniin | — | ||
| adessive | akanilla | — | ||
| ablative | akanilta | — | ||
| allative | akanille | — | ||
| essive | akanina | — | ||
| translative | akaniksi | — | ||
| abessive | akanitta | — | ||
| instructive | — | — | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||
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Anagrams
Gun
Etymology
From Proto-Gbe *akã́. Cognates include Fon akán, Saxwe Gbe akán, Adja akan, Ewe aka
Pronunciation
Noun
àkán (plural àkán lɛ́ or àkán lẹ́)
Indonesian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Malay akan, from Classical Malay اكن (akan), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *aken (“preposition, on, upon; applicative marker”).
Pronunciation
Verb
akan
Derived terms
Preposition
akan
- regarding, concerning, as for
- Aku penasaran akan isi tasmu. ― I am curious about the contents of your bag.
- Mereka yakin akan adanya Tuhan. ― They are sure of the existence of God.
Derived terms
Further reading
- “akan” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Malay
Alternative forms
- kan (clipping)
Etymology
From Classical Malay اكن (akan), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *aken (“preposition, on, upon; applicative marker”).
Pronunciation
Verb
akan (Jawi spelling اکن)
Derived terms
Descendants
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
akan m (definite singular akanen, uncountable)
- Akan language
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
akan m (definite singular akanen, uncountable)
- Akan language
Olukumi
Etymology
Possibly related to Èkìtì Yoruba ịgọ́n, Ọ̀wọ̀ Yoruba igán
Pronunciation
Noun
ákán
Related terms
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Noun
akan m (uncountable)
- the Akan language
Quechua
Verb
akan
Rade
Etymology
From Proto-Chamic *ʔikaːn, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hikan, from Proto-Austronesian *Sikan.
Noun
akan (classifier drei)
Derived terms
References
- James A. Tharp, Y-Bhăm Ƀuôn-yǎ (1980) A Rhade-English Dictionary with English-Rhade Finderlist (Pacific Linguistics. Series C-58), Canberra: Pacific Linguistics, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University, →ISBN, archived from the original on 1 November 2021, page 3
Sicilian
Noun
akan f
- (uncountable) Akan (language)
South Central Dinka
Noun
akan
References
Spanish
Alternative forms
Noun
akan m (uncountable)
Sumerian
Romanization
akan
- Romanization of 𒁛 (akan)
Yoruba
Etymology
Proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruboid *á-kɪ̃ã̀rã́. Cognates include Nupe kara, Igala íkáakàla, Olukumi akakara, Khana àka, Ayere anká
Pronunciation
Noun
akàn