Akan edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ako

  1. parrot

Aklanon edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronoun edit

ako

  1. I

Alangan edit

Pronoun edit

akó

  1. I; me

Asi edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronoun edit

akó

  1. I (first-person singular pronoun)

Bikol Central edit

Etymology 1 edit

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

Pronunciation edit

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

Pronoun edit

akó (Basahan spelling ᜀᜃᜓ)

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


Etymology 2 edit

Pronunciation edit

  • Hyphenation: a‧ko
  • IPA(key): /ˈʔakoʔ/, [ˈʔa.koʔ]

Noun edit

akò (Basahan spelling ᜀᜃᜓ)

  1. acceptance; admission
    Antonym: sayuma
Derived terms edit
  • akuon
  • mag-ako
  • pag-ako
See also edit

Cebuano edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Pronoun edit

akó (Badlit spelling ᜀᜃᜓ)

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

See also edit


Ewe edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ako (plural akowo)

  1. parrot

Hawaiian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Polynesian *qato, from Proto-Oceanic *qatop, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qatəp.

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

ako

  1. (transitive) to thatch

References edit

  • Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “ako”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press

Hiligaynon edit

Pronoun edit

ako

  1. I

Indonesian edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

ako (first-person possessive akoku, second-person possessive akomu, third-person possessive akonya)

  1. son

Further reading edit

Inonhan edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronoun edit

ako

  1. I (personal pronoun)

Lower Sorbian edit

Pronunciation edit

Adverb edit

ako

  1. like, as
    Synonym: kaž

Conjunction edit

ako

  1. like, as
    Synonym: kaž

Further reading edit

  • 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 edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronoun edit

ako

  1. I

Maori edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian.

Verb edit

ako

  1. to learn

Mapudungun edit

Garlic

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Spanish ajo.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ako (Unified spelling, Raguileo spelling, Azumchefi spelling)

  1. garlic

Synonyms edit

Maranao edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronoun edit

ako

  1. I

Quitemo edit

Noun edit

ako

  1. water

References edit

  • 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 edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronoun edit

akó

  1. I (first-person singular pronoun)

Serbo-Croatian edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

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

Conjunction edit

ȁko (Cyrillic spelling а̏ко)

  1. if
    ako ovo je krajif this is the end

Usage notes edit

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

Synonyms edit

Slovak edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Conjunction edit

ako

  1. as
  2. like

Further reading edit

  • 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, 2024

Swahili edit

Pronunciation edit

  • (file)

Adjective edit

-ako (declinable)

  1. your (second-person singular possessive adjective)

Inflection edit

See also edit

Tagalog edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology 1 edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Pronoun edit

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 edit
See also edit

Etymology 2 edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

akò (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜃᜓ)

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

Further reading edit

  • ako”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Blust, Robert, Trussel, Stephen (2010–) “*aku”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

Ternate edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ako

  1. penis

References edit

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

West Albay Bikol edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronoun edit

ako (personal pronoun)

  1. I (personal pronoun)

Ye'kwana edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ako

  1. mortar and pestle

References edit

  • Costa, Isabella Coutinho, Silva, Marcelo Costa da, Rodrigues, Edmilson Magalhães (2021) “ako”, in Portal Japiim: Dicionário Ye'kwana[1], Museu do Índio/FUNAI