ako

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ako"

Akan

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ako/

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/, [ʔaˈko]

Pronoun

akó (Basahan spelling ᜀᜃᜓ)

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

akò (Basahan spelling ᜀᜃᜓ)

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

Cebuano

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Pronoun

akó (Badlit spelling ᜀᜃᜓ)

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

See also

Ewe

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ako/

Noun

ako (plural akowo)

  1. parrot

Hawaiian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈa.ko/, [ˈɐ.ko]

Verb

ako

  1. (transitive) to thatch

References

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

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

  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)

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈakɔ/

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

  • IPA(key): /aˈko/

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

  • IPA(key): [ˈakɔ]

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, 2024

Swahili

Pronunciation

  • (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

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔaˈko/ [ʔɐˈxo]
  • Rhymes: -o
  • Syllabification: a‧ko

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

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈʔakoʔ/ [ˈʔa.xoʔ]
  • Rhymes: -akoʔ
  • Syllabification: a‧ko

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 (2010–) “*aku”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

Ternate

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈʔa.ko]

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ako]

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
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