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Abenaki
Etymology
Cognate to Mohegan-Pequot ahki, Unami hàki. From Proto-Algonquian *askyi.
Noun
aki
- land
References
Afar
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈki/
- Hyphenation: a‧ki
Determiner
akí
- other, another
References
- E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “aki”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
- Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie), Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)
Ainu
Noun
aki (Kana spelling アキ)
- Alternative form of ak
Bikol Central
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʔakiʔ/
- Hyphenation: a‧ki
Noun
akì (Basahan spelling ᜀᜃᜒ)
- child; kid
- Synonym: akos
- (by extension) baby; infant
- Synonym: umboy
Adjective
akì (plural araki, intensified akion, plural intensified arakion, Basahan spelling ᜀᜃᜒ)
- young; junior
- Synonym: hoben
- Antonym: gurang
- naive (too young)
- Synonym: inosente
Derived terms
See also
Hungarian
Etymology
az + ki
Pronunciation
Pronoun
aki
- (relative) who
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
- aki in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
- aki in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).
Ibaloi
Noun
aki
- monkey
Iban
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /akiʔ/
- Hyphenation: a‧ki
- Rhymes: -ki
Noun
aki
- grandfather
Icelandic
Verb
aki
- first-person singular active present subjunctive of aka
- third-person singular active present subjunctive of aka
- third-person plural active present subjunctive of aka
Indonesian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈa.ki/,
- Hyphenation: a‧ki
Etymology 1
Inherited from Malay aki.
Noun
aki (plural aki-aki)
- grandfather
- Synonyms: datuk, kakek
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Dutch accu (“battery”), from accumulator, from French accumulateur, from Latin accumulātor.
Noun
aki (plural aki-aki)
- battery, a device storing electricity.
- Synonyms: aki, akumulator, baterai, batu
- Synonyms: akumulator, penumpuk (Standard Malay)
- accumulator
Etymology 3
Noun
aki
- Acronym of ayun kiri (“left swing”).
Further reading
Japanese
Romanization
aki
- Rōmaji transcription of あき
Ladino
Etymology
From Old Spanish aqui (“here”).
Adverb
aki (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling אקי)
- here
Malay
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈaki/
- Hyphenation: a‧ki
Noun
aki (Jawi spelling اکي, plural aki-aki, informal 1st possessive akiku, 2nd possessive akimu, 3rd possessive akinya)
- grandfather
- Synonym: datuk
Derived terms
References
Mouk-Aria
Noun
aki
- water
1994, Tom Dutton, Darrell T. Tryon, Language Contact and Change in the Austronesian World, →ISBN:aki ka basex — ti-basex aki- this water is spilling — they are spilling water
Further reading
- W. R. Thurston, The Bibling Languages of Northwestern New Britain, in M. D. Ross, Studies in Languages of New Britain and New Ireland (Canberra: Pacific Linguistics, 1996)
Ojibwe
Etymology
From Proto-Algonquian *atkyi.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ʌˈkʰɪ/
Noun
aki inan (plural akiin, diminutive akiins, locative akiing, locative distributive akiikaang, stem aky-)
- earth, land, ground
Nimiigaadaan indakiim ji-ganawendamaan.- I'm fighting to keep my land.
- country, nation
- moss
Derived terms
See also
References
Old Norse
Verb
aki
- third-person singular/plural present active subjunctive of aka
Papiamentu
Etymology
From Portuguese aqui and Spanish aquí.
Pronoun
aki
- here
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Adverb
aki
- (Brazil, Internet slang) Alternative spelling of aqui (“here”)
Sema
Noun
aki
- house
References
Sundanese
Noun
aki
- grandfather
Tangam
Etymology
From Proto-Tani *aki.
Noun
aki
- guts
References
- Mark W. Post (2017) The Tangam Language: Grammar, Lexicon and Texts, →ISBN
Ternate
Etymology
From Proto-North Halmahera *akir ("tongue").
Pronunciation
Noun
aki
- (anatomy) tongue
References
- Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh
- Gary Holton, Marian Klamer (2018) The Papuan languages of East Nusantara and the Bird's Head
Thao
Noun
aki
- god; deity
Ye'kwana
- aaki (Cunucunuma River dialect)
Pronunciation
Noun
aki (obligatorily possessed; possessed akiyü)
- (Caura River dialect and Brazil) blood
- Synonym: munu
References
- Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “aki”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana, Lyon
- Costa, Isabella Coutinho, Silva, Marcelo Costa da, Rodrigues, Edmilson Magalhães (2021) “akiiyö”, in Portal Japiim: Dicionário Ye'kwana, Museu do Índio/FUNAI
- Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University, page 289
- Hall, Katherine (2007) “munu”, in Mary Ritchie Key & Bernard Comrie, editors, The Intercontinental Dictionary Series, Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, published 2021