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Indonesian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Inherited from Malay akas (“dexterous”).
Adjective
akas
- dexterous
- Synonyms: cekatan, gesit
Derived terms
Related terms
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Hindi आकाश (ākāś), from Sanskrit आकाश (ākāśa).
Noun
akas (plural akas-akas, first-person possessive akasku, second-person possessive akasmu, third-person possessive akasnya)
- Alternative spelling of angkasa
Etymology 3
Borrowed from Sundanese and Borrowed from Javanese ꦲꦏꦱ꧀ (akas, “crusty: hard and dry”), from Old Javanese akas (“hard, inflexible, unyielding, obstinate”), kas (“hardness, inflexibility”).
Noun
akas (plural akas-akas, first-person possessive akasku, second-person possessive akasmu, third-person possessive akasnya)
- iron and steel alloy
Adjective
akas
- crusty: hard and dry
Etymology 4
Borrowed from Minangkabau
Verb
akas
- to split in two lengthways
Etymology 5
Inherited from Malay akas, from Arabic عَكْس (ʕaks, “contrary; reverse; opposite”).
Noun
akas (first-person possessive akasku, second-person possessive akasmu, third-person possessive akasnya)
- opposite
- Synonyms: kebalikan, lawan
Further reading
Kom (Cameroon)
Noun
akas
- iron
- metal used as roofing material
References
- Randy Jones, Provisional Kom - English lexicon (2001, Yaoundé, Cameroon)
Latvian
Noun
akas f
- inflection of aka:
- genitive singular
- nominative/vocative/accusative plural
Tok Pisin
Etymology
From English acacia.
Noun
akas
- acacia tree