anka

See also: Anka, -anka, and änka

Japanese

Romanization

anka

  1. Rōmaji transcription of あんか

Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese anca.

Noun

anka

  1. hip (upper part of the leg)

Latvian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *ankas, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂onk-, from *h₂enk-. Cognate with Lithuanian ánka (loop, ring), Proto-Slavic *ǫkotь, Ancient Greek ὄγκος (ónkos), Latin uncus, Sanskrit अङ्क (aṅká).

Noun

añka ? (??? please provide the declension type!)

  1. rope used to fasten a sail to a mast

References

  • Derksen, Rick (2015) “anka”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 56

Lithuanian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *ankas, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ónkos.

Noun

ánka f (plural ánkos) stress pattern 1

  1. (dialectal) loop, ring
    Synonyms: kilpa, grandis, ąsa

Declension

Further reading

  • anka”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024
  • Derksen, Rick (2015) “anka”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 56

Quechua

Noun

anka

  1. eagle
  2. (Cuzco) bird of prey
    Synonym: aqchi

Declension

Rwanda-Rundi

Verb

-ânka (infinitive kwânka, perfective -ânse)

  1. (Kirundi) hate, dislike
  2. (Kirundi) reject, refuse

Synonyms

Derived terms

Swedish

Etymology

From Latin anas, anatis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂énh₂ts (duck).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈaŋˌka/
  • (file)
anka

Noun

anka c

  1. domesticated duck
  2. Synonym of tidningsanka

Declension

Declension of anka 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative anka ankan ankor ankorna
Genitive ankas ankans ankors ankornas

Descendants

  • Finnish: ankka

See also

References

Anagrams

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English anchor.

Noun

anka

  1. anchor

Verb

anka

  1. to anchor
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