āķis

Latvian

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German hake or Middle Dutch haeck or an East Frisian word (compare Saterland Frisian Hoake (“hook”), German Haken), all ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *keg-, *kek- (“peg, hook; to bend”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

āķis m (2nd declension)

1. hook (instrument with a curved extremity ending in a pointed tip, used to hang or suspend things)

   metāla, tērauda, kaula āķis ― metal, steel, bone hook

   iedzīt klintī āķus ― to drive hooks into the rock

   makšķeres āķis ― fishhook

   uzlikt ēsmu uz āķa ― to put the bait on the (fish)hook

   uzkabināt no āķa ― to hang (something) on a hook

   noņemt uz āķa ― to take something off the hook

   celtņa āķis ― crane hook

2. a hidden or disguised intention or thought

   tur vajag būt kādam āķim ― there should be some hook (= hidden intention) there

   lūk, kur tas āķis! — look, there is the hook! (= that was the hidden intention)

Declension

See also

• kāsis
• ķeksis

References