ake

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See also: Ake, Åke, akẹ, āke, and a'ke

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English aken, from Old English acan (“to ache”), from Proto-Germanic *akaną (“to ache”). More at ache.

Pronunciation

Verb

ake (third-person singular simple present akes, present participle aking, simple past aked or oke, past participle aked or aken)

  1. Archaic spelling of ache.
    • ... for let our finger ake, / And it endues our other heathfull members — Othello (Quarto 1), Shakespeare, 1622
    • 1909, Henry C. Shelley, Inns and Taverns of Old London‎, text edition, The Gutenberg Project, published 2004:
      instead he went with the rogues to supper in an arbour, though it made his heart "ake" to listen to their mad talk.

Noun

ake (plural akes)

  1. Archaic spelling of ache.
    • 2015, LT Wolf, The World King (fiction), →ISBN:
      The ake of months of a growing firenlust became a rising queem til at last there was the burst of loosing that almost made his knees buckle.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Maori .

Pronunciation

Adverb

ake (not comparable)

  1. (New Zealand) forever
    • 1882, B. Francis, Isles of the Pacific: Or, Sketches from the South Seas, page 78:
      The answer given was : — " Friends, this is the reply of the Maori : we shall fight on ake, ake, ake, for ever, for ever, for ever."
    • 1907, Wilhelm Dittmer, Te Tohunga: The Ancient Legends and Traditions of the Maoris:
      That was the time when the great wish grew in the heart of Maui, the wish to conquer his powerful enemy Hine-nui-te-po, that Night might die and man may live for ever: ake, ake, ake!—yes, it was his great wish.
    • 1938, Edith J. Lyttleton, G. B. Lancaster, Promenade, page 383:
      "Ake, ake, ake," said Von Tempsky, weary over the camp-fire. "Has there been anything like it since the days of the old Greeks? What madness makes you kill such men when you may want them to fight for you some day?"
    • 1997, Queenie Rikihana, Paki Waitara: Myths & Legends of the Māori, →ISBN, page 33:
      One day Maui visited his parents to tell them of his latest plan — he wished to conquer his powerful enemy Hine-nui-te-po so that the Night might die and man would live forever: ake, ake, ake!

Anagrams

Bantik

Etymology

From Proto-Sangiric *ake. Often compared with Ternate ake.

Noun

ake

  1. water

References

Galela

Etymology

From Proto-North Halmahera *aker (“water”).

Noun

ake

  1. water

References

  • Donald A. Burquest, Wyn D. Laidig, Descriptive studies in languages of Maluku, volume 2 (1995), page 6:
    Tabaru Galela
    'water' 'water'
  • Robinson Ipol, Yosafat Etha, Deidre Shelden, Galela conversations (1989): ake

Gothic

Romanization

akē

  1. Romanization of 𐌰𐌺𐌴

Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *qate, from Proto-Oceanic *qate, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *qatay, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *qatay, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qatay, from Proto-Austronesian *qaCay.

Pronunciation

Noun

ake

  1. (anatomy) liver (organ of the body)

Derived terms

Verb

ake

  1. to yearn for, desire

Japanese

Romanization

ake

  1. Rōmaji transcription of あけ

Middle English

Etymology 1

Conjunction

ake

  1. Alternative form of ac
    • approx. 1225, Hali Meidenhad (Holy Maidenhood)
      Not of low on earth, ake of the high in heaven.
    • approx. 1225, Homilies in Lambeth
      Those men.. have the name of Christians, ake though they are Christ's unwins (enemies).
    • approx. 1300, The Fox and the Wolf
      He was still, ne spake no-more, ake he worth athirst well sore.
    • circa 1350, Midland Prose Psalter
      Blessed be the man that.. ne set nowt in false judgement. Ake his will was in the will of our Lord.
    • circa 1390, Walter Hilton, On the Mixed Life
      This thought is good.. ake if a man may not lightly have salvation ne devotion in it, I hold it not speedful.
    • approx. 1450, South English Legendary: Temporale
      It ... rotted fast; ake that flesh and that blood rotteth never-more.

Etymology 2

Noun

ake

  1. Alternative form of ache (“aching”)

Etymology 3

Verb

ake

  1. Alternative form of aken

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

Verb

ake (present tense ek or akar, past tense ok or aka, supine eke or aka, past participle eken or aka, present participle akande, imperative ak)

  1. e-infinitive form of aka

References

Ratahan

Etymology

From Proto-Sangiric *ake. Often compared with Ternate ake.

Noun

ake

  1. water

References

  • J. N. Sneddon, The Languages of Minahasa, North Celebes (1970)
  • J. N. Sneddon, Proto-Sangiric & the Sangiric Languages (1984), page 61

Scots

Noun

ake (plural akes)

  1. Alternative form of aik

References

Swahili

Pronunciation

Adjective

-ake (declinable)

  1. his/her/its (third-person singular possessive adjective)
  2. their (third-person plural inanimate possessive adjective)

Inflection

Inflected forms of -ake
Noun class singular plural
m-wa class(I/II) wake wake
m-mi class(III/IV) wake yake
ji-ma class(V/VI) lake yake
ki-vi class(VII/VIII) chake vyake
n class(IX/X) yake zake
u class(XI) wake see n(X) or ma(VI) class
pa class(XVI) pake
ku class(XVII) kwake
mu class(XVIII) mwake

See also

Swahili possessive adjectives
singular plural
1st person -angu -etu
2nd person -ako -enu
3rd person -ake -ao (animate) / -ake (inanimate)

Ternate

Etymology

From Proto-North Halmahera *aker (“water”).

Pronunciation

Noun

ake

  1. water
    ake besa ― rainwater

References

  • Yuiti Wada, Correspondance of Consonants in North Halmahera Languages (1980)
  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Tidore

Etymology

From Proto-North Halmahera *aker (“water”).

Pronunciation

Noun

ake

  1. water

References

  • Joost Pikkert, Cheryl Pikkert, Husain Mahifa (1994) Kamus Bahasa Tidore, Indonesia, Inggris
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