aq
English
Adjective
aq (not comparable)
- as quoted (used on a menu to indicate that the price is not listed because it varies depending on the composition of a dish (as in a charcuterie or cheese platter) or because it is particularly high)
Usage notes
- The abbreviation mp (“market price”) is more common, but mp is formally only correct if the price of the ingredients changes (as for seafood), not if the price of the dish changes due to the composition changing.
Synonyms
- mp (market price)
- price available upon request
References
- A.Q. abbreviation on restaurant menus, Google answers (on Wayback machine)
- (Not about) Food words I'd like to never see again. – Das Ubergeek, Feb 28, 2009
Albanian
Alternative forms
- aqë — earlier
Etymology
Ultimately a formation from Proto-Indo-European *kʷ-. Akin to kaq for which compare Proto-Slavic *jakъ ~ *kakъ.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ac/
Derived terms
- aq sa
- aqherë
References
- “aq”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language] (in Albanian), 1980, page 43ab
- Demiraj, B. (1997) “áqë”, in Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: […]] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7) (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 80
- Meyer, G. (1891) “aḱɛ”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, , page 7
- Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “aq”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 6
Crimean Tatar
Juǀ'hoan
Pronunciation
- The pharyngealized vowel IPA(key): /aˤ/
Kaqchikel
Alternative forms
- ak (obsolete)
Etymology
From Proto-Mayan *ahq. "Woodlouse" sense influenced by Spanish cochinilla (literally “little pig”).
References
- anonymous author (17th c.) Uocabulario copioso de las lenguas cakchikel y ꜭiche (in Spanish), page 3: “Ak. el puerco.”
- Brown, R. McKenna, Maxwell, Judith M., Little, Walter E. (2006) ¿La ütz awäch? Introduction to Kaqchikel Maya Language, Austin: University of Texas Press, page 206
- Ruyán Canú, Déborah, Coyote Tum, Rafael, Munson L., Jo Ann (1991) Diccionario cakchiquel central y español (in Spanish), Instituto Lingüístico de Verano de Centroamérica, page 5
Portuguese
Turkish
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