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Translingual

Symbol

ako

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Akurio.

See also

Akan

Pronunciation

Noun

ako

  1. parrot

Aklanon

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)aku.

Pronoun

ako

  1. I

Alangan

Pronoun

akó

  1. I; me

Asi

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *ʔakúʔ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)aku, from Proto-Austronesian *(i-)aku.

Pronoun

akó

  1. I (first-person singular pronoun)

Bikol Central

Etymology 1

From Proto-Philippine *ʔakúʔ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)aku, from Proto-Austronesian *(i-)aku.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: a‧ko
  • IPA(key): /ʔaˈko/

Pronoun

akó (Basahan spelling ᜀᜃᜓ)

  1. I; me (first-person singular pronoun)
See also


Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: a‧ko
  • IPA(key): /ˈʔakoʔ/

Noun

akò (Basahan spelling ᜀᜃᜓ)

  1. acceptance; admission
    Antonym: sayuma
Derived terms
See also

Cebuano

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

From Proto-Philippine *ʔakúʔ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)aku, from Proto-Austronesian *(i-)aku.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔaˈko/
  • Hyphenation: a‧ko

Pronoun

akó (Badlit spelling ᜀᜃᜓ)

  1. I, me
    ako langI'll do it
    1. (as the subject of a verb)
      nipalit ko sa sininaI bought the dress
      gipaak ko og hulmigasI was bitten by an ant
    2. (as the subject of a nominal predicate); I am
      anak ko sa GinooI am a child of God
      ako ang nikaonI am the one who ate
Usage notes
  • Subject (direct) pronouns are most commonly placed after the verb, or the first noun of the nominal predicate that they modify. Pronouns in this position are almost always in their short form (in this case, ko); the full form (ako) may be used to make the sentence sound more formal, or it may be placed before the verb or noun which gives the same effect.
    nikaon ko og mansanasI ate an apple (casual)
    nikaon ako og mansanasI ate an apple (formal)
    ako nikaon og mansanasI ate an apple (formal)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Austronesian *akən (1sg oblique). Cognate with Hiligaynon akon, Tagalog akin.

Pronunciation

Pronoun

akò (Badlit spelling ᜀᜃᜓ)

  1. (before the noun possessed) my; mine
    Coordinate terms: akoa, (postposed) nako
    akong balaymy house
  2. (before the verb) I; me (object of a verb)
    ako/akong gipalit ang sinina
    The dress was bought by me/I bought the dress

See also


Ewe

Pronunciation

Noun

ako (plural akowo)

  1. parrot

Hanunoo

Etymology 1

From Proto-Philippine *akú (I), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *aku (I), from Proto-Austronesian *aku.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔaˈku/
  • Rhymes: -u
  • Syllabification: a‧ko

Pronoun

akó (Hanunoo spelling ᜠᜣᜳ)

  1. 1st person nominative pronoun: I; me
    Synonyms: (literary) kaa, (literary) ho, (literary) hom

See also

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʔakuʔ/
  • Rhymes: -akuʔ
  • Syllabification: a‧ko

Noun

akò (Hanunoo spelling ᜠᜣᜳ)

  1. betterment; improvement
Derived terms

Etymology 3

From Proto-Philippine *akuʔ (accept responsibility), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *aku (I; claim as one's own; mine), from Proto-Austronesian *aku.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʔakuʔ/
  • Rhymes: -akuʔ
  • Syllabification: a‧ko

Noun

akò (Hanunoo spelling ᜠᜣᜳ)

  1. promise
Derived terms

Further reading

  • Conklin, Harold C. (1953) Hanunóo-English Vocabulary (University of California Publications in Linguistics), volume 9, London, England: University of California Press, →OCLC, page 23

Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *qato (compare with Maori ato),[1][2] from Proto-Oceanic *qatop, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qatəp (compare with Malay atap, Cebuano atop, Tagalog atip).[3]

Pronunciation

Noun

ako

  1. thatching

Verb

ako

  1. (transitive) to thatch

References

  1. ^ Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “ako”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, revised & enlarged edition, Honolulu, HI: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, page 14
  2. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “qato”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
  3. ^ Ross, Malcolm D., Pawley, Andrew, Osmond, Meredith (1998) The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volume 1: Material Culture, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, pages 53-4

Hiligaynon

Pronoun

ako

  1. I

Indonesian

Etymology

From Hakka 阿哥 (â-kô, “elder brother”). Doublet of akeo and engkoh.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /akeo/
  • Hyphenation: a‧keo

Noun

ako

  1. son

Further reading

Inonhan

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *ʔakúʔ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)aku, from Proto-Austronesian *(i-)aku.

Pronoun

ako

  1. I (personal pronoun)

Japanese

Romanization

ako

  1. Rōmaji transcription of あこ

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

Adverb

ako

  1. like, as
    Synonym: kaž

Conjunction

ako

  1. like, as
    Synonym: kaž

Further reading

  • Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “ako”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
  • Starosta, Manfred (1999) “ako”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

Mansaka

Etymology

From aku, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)aku.

Pronoun

ako

  1. I

Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian.

Verb

ako

  1. to learn

Mapudungun

Garlic

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish ajo.

Pronunciation

Noun

ako (Unified spelling, Raguileo spelling, Azumchefi spelling)

  1. garlic

Synonyms

Maranao

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)aku.

Pronoun

ako

  1. I

Quitemo

Noun

ako

  1. water

References

  • Čestmír Loukotka, ‎Johannes Wilbert (editor), Classification of South American Indian Languages (1968, Los Angeles: Latin American Studies Center, University of California), page(s) 162

Ratagnon

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *ʔakúʔ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)aku, from Proto-Austronesian *(i-)aku.

Pronoun

akó

  1. I (first-person singular pronoun)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *jako (how, in which way).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /âko/
  • Hyphenation: a‧ko

Conjunction

ȁko (Cyrillic spelling а̏ко)

  1. if
    ako ovo je krajif this is the end

Usage notes

Ako is used to express indicative mood; to express subjunctive mood, da or kad are generally used instead.

Synonyms

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *jako (how, in which way).

Pronunciation

Conjunction

ako

  1. as
  2. like

Further reading

  • ako”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024

Swahili

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Adjective

-ako (declinable)

  1. your (second-person singular possessive adjective)

Inflection

See also

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

From Proto-Philippine *akú (I), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *aku (I), from Proto-Austronesian *aku.

Pronunciation

Pronoun

akó (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜃᜓ)

  1. 1st person nominative pronoun: I; me
    Synonym: (gay slang) watashi
    Pupunta po ako sa simbahan, Inay.
    I am going to church, Mother.
    Bigyan mo ako ng makakain.
    Give me something to eat.
    Akong ako 'to.
    This is really me.
Derived terms
See also

Etymology 2

From Proto-Philippine *akuʔ (accept responsibility), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *aku (I; claim as one's own; mine), from Proto-Austronesian *aku.

Pronunciation

Noun

akò (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜃᜓ)

  1. act of assuming the responsibility, obligation, or duties
Derived terms

Further reading

  • ako”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*aku”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Anagrams

Ternate

Pronunciation

Noun

ako

  1. penis

References

  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

West Albay Bikol

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *ʔakúʔ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)aku, from Proto-Austronesian *(i-)aku.

Pronoun

ako (personal pronoun)

  1. I (personal pronoun)

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies
ALIV ako
Brazilian standard ako
New Tribes aco

Pronunciation

Noun

ako

  1. mortar and pestle

References

  • Costa, Isabella Coutinho, Silva, Marcelo Costa da, Rodrigues, Edmilson Magalhães (2021) “ako”, in Portal Japiim: Dicionário Ye'kwana, Museu do Índio/FUNAI