akin

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Wikipedia

Alternative forms

• a kin, a-kin (obsolete)

Etymology

From a corruption of of kin, from Middle English of kyn (“related, of kin”), equivalent to a- +‎ kin (1550s). Compare Old English cyn, cynn (“akin, proper, suitable”, adj.).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /əˈkɪn/

• Audio (Southern England)

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ʌˈkɪn/
• Rhymes: -ɪn

Adjective

akin (comparative more akin, superlative most akin)

1. (of persons) Of the same kin; related by blood.
   • 1722 (indicated as 1721), [Daniel Defoe], The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders, &c. , London: W Chetwood, ; and T. Edling, , published 1722, →OCLC, page 137:

     [W]e are too near a kin to lye together, tho' vve may Lodge near one another; […]

   • 1897, Joseph Conrad, The Children of the Sea: A Tale of the Forecastle, New York, N.Y.: Dodd, Mead and Company, →OCLC:

     The faces changed, passing in rotation. Youthful faces, bearded faces, dark faces: faces serene, or faces moody, but all akin with the brotherhood of the sea.

2. (often followed by to) Allied by nature; similar; partaking of the same properties; of the same kind.
   • 1677, Theophilus Gale, The Court of the Gentiles, T. Cockeril, part 4, bk. 1, ch. 2, p. 27:

     Is not then Fruition near akin to Love?

   • 1710 March 20 (Gregorian calendar), [Joseph Addison; Richard Steele et al.], “THURSDAY, March 9, 1709–1710. To the Spectator, &c..”, in The Spectator, number 8; republished in Alexander Chalmers, editor, The Spectator; a New Edition, , volume I, New York, N.Y.: D[aniel] Appleton & Company, 1853, →OCLC, page 39:

     She told me that she hoped my Face was not akin to my Tongue.

     The spelling has been modernized.

   • 1836 March – 1837 October, Charles Dickens, chapter XXXIX, in The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, London: Chapman and Hall, , published 1837, →OCLC:

     Mr. Winkle . . . took his hand with a feeling of regard, akin to veneration.

   • 1910 July, Zane Grey, “Old Well-Well”, in Success:

     Something akin to a smile shone on his face.

   • 2021 June 30, Philip Haigh, “Regional trains squeezed as ECML congestion heads north”, in RAIL, number 934, page 52:

     I'll be interested to see how this service does. It will be basic with fares to match, so will be akin to a budget airline taking on a flag-carrier.

Usage notes

• This adjective is always placed after the noun that it modifies.

Synonyms

• (related by blood): See also Thesaurus:consanguine
• (of the same kind): See also Thesaurus:akin

Derived terms

• akinness
• unakin

Translations

References

Anagrams

• Inka, Kian, Naik, kain, kina, naik

Hungarian

Etymology

aki +‎ -n

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: akin

Pronoun

akin

1. superessive singular of aki

Narua

Numeral

akin

1. one

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• 'kin — contraction, used with sa
• acquin, aquin — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *akən (“1sg oblique”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈʔakin/,
  • IPA^(key): /ˈʔaken/, (colloquial)
• Rhymes: -akin
• Syllabification: a‧kin

Determiner

akin (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜃᜒᜈ᜔)

1. my

Pronoun

akin (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜃᜒᜈ᜔)

1. (possessive) mine
2. (oblique) (to) me

Derived terms

See also

Further reading

• “akin” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino‎, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
• “akin”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Blust, Robert, Trussel, Stephen (2010–) “*aken₁”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

Yoruba

Etymology

From a- +‎ kin

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ā.kĩ̄/

Noun

akin

1. bravery, valor, courage

   Synonyms: ògbójú, àyà

2. brave person; warrior

   Synonym: alákin

3. A prefix used in male Yoruba given names, (ex. Akíndélé).

Derived terms