aqui

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See also: aquí, aqui-, and àqui

Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl

Verb

aqui

  1. to be (negative).

Usage notes

  • Aqui is always negative and accompanied by ax

Ido

Noun

aqui

  1. plural of aquo

Macanese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Portuguese aqui.

Adverb

aqui

  1. here
    Synonym: (limited) câ
    Antonym: ali
    Ui-di tanto atâi aqui.
    There are many Chinese boys here.

Usage notes

  • câ is often only used in the phrase vêm câ (“come here!”), possibly influenced by Portuguese venha cá.
  • As with other location words, têm should be used to express "to be here", i.e. têm aqui rather than sâm aqui.

References

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese aqui, from Vulgar Latin *eccum hīc, etymologically Latin eccum (“here he is!”) + hīc (“here”).

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -i
  • Hyphenation: a‧qui

Adverb

aqui (not comparable)

  1. here (in this place)
    Synonyms: cá, eis
    • 1931, Fernando Pessoa, O Andaime:
      Aqui à beira do rio / Sossego sem ter razão. / Este seu correr vazio / Figura, anônimo e frio, / A vida vivida em vão.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. hither (to this place)
    Synonym: cá
    • 1881, Machado de Assis, A Sereníssima República:
      Sei que um interesse superior vos trouxe aqui; mas não ignoro também — e fora ingratidão ignorá-lo — que um pouco de simpatia pessoal se mistura à vossa legítima curiosidade científica.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  3. here (at this time; at the present situation)
    Synonyms: cá, eis
    • 1899, Ruy Barbosa, O Justo e a Justiça Política:
      Aqui já o libelo se trocou. Não é mais de blasfêmia contra a lei sagrada que se trata, senão de atentado contra a lei política.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  4. (slang) used in expressions of praise or joy to refer to oneself or a group one is part of
    Aqui é rock and roll, mano!
    We are rockers, man!
    (literally, “It is rock and roll here, bro!”)

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:aqui.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Macanese: aqui
  • → Saramaccan: àkí

See also

Portuguese demonstratives (edit)
Pronouns Adverbs
Singular Plural Neuter
Masculine Feminine Masculine Feminine
Proximal X este esta estes estas isto aqui, cá
de + X deste desta destes destas disto daqui
em + X neste nesta nestes nestas nisto —
Medial X esse essa esses essas isso aí
de + X desse dessa desses dessas disso daí
em + X nesse nessa nesses nessas nisso —
Distal X aquele aquela aqueles aquelas aquilo ali, lá, acolá
de + X daquele daquela daqueles daquelas daquilo dali
em + X naquele naquela naqueles naquelas naquilo —
a + X àquele àquela àqueles àquelas àquilo
Anaphoric X o a os as — —
de + X do da dos das
em + X no na nos nas
a + X ao à aos às

Noun

aqui m (plural aquis)

  1. (chiefly literary) here (the present place)
  2. (chiefly literary) here (the present situation)
    Synonyms: agora, aqui e agora

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:aqui.

Derived terms

Spanish

Adverb

aqui

  1. Misspelling of aquí.

Tacana

Noun

aqui

  1. tree
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