aka

See also Aka, AKA, A.K.A., åka, akā, āķa, a/k/a, and Appendix:ISO 639-3 language codes

English

Preposition

aka

1. Alternative capitalization of AKA

Anagrams

• aak

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Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse aka (“to move, to drive”) from the Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-. Cognates include the Latin agō, the Ancient Greek ἄγω (agō, “to lead”) and the Sanskrit अजति (ájati, “to drive, propel, cast”).

Verb

aka (third person singular past indicative ók, third person plural past indicative óku, supine ikið)

1. to drive

Conjugation

   Conjugation of aka

aka, v-60
number	singular			plural
person	first	second	third	all
Indicative	eg	tú	hann / hon tað	vit, tit, teir / tær / tey tygum
Present	aki	ekur	ekur	aka
Past	ók	ók(st)	ók	óku
Imperative		tú		tit
Present	—	ak !	—	akið !
Infinitive	aka
Pres. part.	akandi
Past part. a26	ikin
Supine	ikið

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse aka (“to move, to drive”) from Proto-Germanic *akaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-. Cognates include Latin agō, Ancient Greek ἄγω (agō, “to lead”) and Sanskrit अजति (ájati, “to drive, propel, cast”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈaːka/
• Rhymes: -aːka

Verb

aka strong verb (third person singular past indicative ók, third person plural past indicative óku, supine ekið)

1. (transitive, intransitive, governs dative) to drive (a vehicle)

   Aki maður gegn rauðu ljósi má hann eiga von á sekt.

   If a man drives against (i.e. past) a red light, he may expect a fine.

   Að aka bifreið er harla ólíkt því að aka hestvagni.

   Driving a motorcar is very different from driving a horse-drawn carriage.

2. to move slightly, to budge

Derived terms

• aka sér (to squirm, to writhe)
• aka framhjá (to drive by, to drive past)

Synonyms

• (drive): keyra

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Japanese

Romanization

aka

1. See あか

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Latvian

Noun

aka f, 4th declension

1. well (hole in ground, used to obtain water)

Declension

declension of aka

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	aka	akas
accusative (akuzatīvs)	aku	akas
genitive (ģenitīvs)	akas	aku
dative (datīvs)	akai	akām
instrumental (instrumentālis)	aku	akām
locative (lokatīvs)	akā	akās
vocative (vokatīvs)	aka	akas

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Lavukaleve

Conjunction

aka

1. then

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Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Eastern Polynesian *aka, from Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *aka, from Proto-Polynesian *aka, from Proto-Oceanic *(w)akaʀ, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *(w)akaʀ, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *(w)akaʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(w)akaʀ.

Noun

aka

1. root (of plant)

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Old Norse

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ak‧a

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *akaną, from Proto-Indo-European. Cognates include Ancient Greek ἄγω (“lead”), Latin agō (“do, drive”) and Sanskrit अजति (ajati, “drive, propel, cast”).

Verb

aka (past tense ók)

1. To drive (e.g. a cart).

Descendants

Danish: age Faroese: aka Icelandic: aka

Norwegian: ake Swedish: åka

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Rapa Nui

Etymology

From Proto-Eastern Polynesian *aka, from Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *aka, from Proto-Polynesian *aka, from Proto-Oceanic *(w)akaʀ, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *(w)akaʀ, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *(w)akaʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(w)akaʀ.

Noun

aka

1. root (of plant)

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Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From Dutch haak.

Noun

aka

1. hook

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Tongan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *aka, from Proto-Polynesian *aka, from Proto-Oceanic *(w)akaʀ, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *(w)akaʀ, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *(w)akaʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(w)akaʀ.

Noun

aka

1. root (of plant)

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Torres Strait Creole

Noun

aka

1. grandmother

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Turkish

Noun

aka

1. dative singular form of ak

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Uzbek

Other scripts
Cyrillic	ака‍
Roman	aka‍
Perso-Arabic	‍‍

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *(i)āka

Noun

aka (plural akalar)

1. brother