ake

English

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA: /eɪk/

Verb

ake (third-person singular simple present akes, present participle aking, simple past and past participle aked)

1. Archaic spelling of ache.

   • ... for let our finger ake, / And it endues our other heathfull members — Othello (Quarto 1), Shakespeare, 1622
   • 1909, Henry C. Shelley, Inns and Taverns of Old London^[1], edition text, The Gutenberg Project, published 2004:

     instead he went with the rogues to supper in an arbour, though it made his heart "ake" to listen to their mad talk.

Etymology 2

Maori.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɑːˈkeɪ/

Adverb

ake (not comparable)

1. forever

Anagrams

• kea

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Gothic

Romanization

akē

1. See 𐌰𐌺𐌴

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Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *qate, from Proto-Oceanic *qate, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *qatay, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *qatay, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qatay, from Proto-Austronesian *qaCay.

Noun

ake

1. (anatomy) liver (organ of the body)

Derived terms

• akemāmā

Verb

ake

1. to yearn for, desire