aks

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See also: AKs, äks, åks, and aks'

English

Etymology

From Old English acsian (“ask”); see ax for more.

Pronunciation

Verb

aks (third-person singular simple present aks or akses, present participle aksing, simple past and past participle aksed)

  1. (dialectal, now chiefly West Africa, African-American Vernacular, MLE, Bermuda, West Country, Maori English and Ireland) To ask.
    • 1865, William Stott Banks, A List of Provincial Words in Use at Wakefield in Yorkshire‎, London: J.R.Smith, page 3:
      AKS, ask.
    • 2004, Larry Dean Hamilton, A Gathering of Angels, page 132:
      Another thing, kid, don't aks me no more questions tonight.

Anagrams

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse ax.

Pronunciation

Noun

aks n (singular definite akset, plural indefinite aks)

  1. ear (fruiting body of a grain plant)
  2. spike (ear of grain)

Inflection

Declension of aks
neuter
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative aks akset aks aksene
genitive aks' aksets aks' aksenes

Dutch

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Dutch aex, from Old Dutch *acus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɑks/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: aks
  • Rhymes: -ɑks

Noun

aks f (plural aksen)

  1. An axe, usually denoting a heavy axe.
    Synonym: bijl

Descendants

  • Negerhollands: aks
  • → Sranan Tongo: aksi

Jamaican Creole

Alternative forms

Etymology

From English ask.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑːks/, /ˈɔːks/
  • Hyphenation: aks

Verb

aks

  1. to ask
    Aks Teddy ef 'im a guh a farin nex' week.
    Ask Teddy if he's going to the USA next week.
    • 2013, Loron-Jon Stokes, Citizen Class 5, →ISBN, page 267:
      “"Mi cyan gi'e teh yeh deh t'ings yeh aks fuh [...]”
      I can't give you the things you've asked for.

Further reading

Nigerian Pidgin

Etymology

From English ask.

Verb

aks

  1. ask

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse ax.

Pronunciation

Noun

aks n (definite singular akset, indefinite plural aks, definite plural aksa or aksene)

  1. ear (fruiting body of a grain plant)
  2. spike (ear of grain)

Derived terms

References

  • “aks” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse ax.

Noun

aks n (definite singular akset, indefinite plural aks, definite plural aksa)

  1. ear (fruiting body of a grain plant)

Derived terms

References

Tsimshian

FWOTD – 17 July 2015

Pronunciation

Noun

aks

  1. water

Verb

aks

  1. (transitive, intransitive) drink
  2. (intransitive) be wet

References

  • John Asher Dunn, Sm'algyax: A Reference Dictionary and Grammar (1995, →ISBN

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from French axe.

Pronunciation

Noun

aks (definite accusative aksi, plural aksler)

  1. axis

Synonyms

References

  • “aks”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu

Uzbek

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عَكْس (ʕaks). Compare Turkish akis (“reverse, opposite”)

Adjective

aks (comparative aksroq, superlative eng aks)

  1. contrary, adverse, reverse

Derived terms

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