aca

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Translingual[edit]

Symbol[edit]

aca

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Achawa.

Ainu[edit]

Noun[edit]

aca (Kana spelling アチャ)

  1. father
  2. uncle
  3. middle-aged man
  4. used to show respect when addressing older men

Usage notes[edit]

This word may mean either "father" or "uncle" depending on the dialect.

References[edit]

  • Batchelor, John (1926) An Ainu-English-Japanese Dictionary, third edition, Tokyo: Kyobunkan
  • “aca (アチャ)”, in Ainu-English Dictionary[1], TranslationDirectory.com, 2023 April 25 (last accessed)

Amis[edit]

Adverb[edit]

aca

  1. only

References[edit]

Central Nahuatl[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

aca

  1. someone, somebody.

Classical Nahuatl[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

aca

  1. Alternative spelling of acah

Gun[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Yoruba àṣà.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

àcà (Benin)

  1. culture

Irish[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

aca (emphatic acasan)

  1. Superseded spelling of acu.

Kikuyu[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

The first a is pronounced long.[1]

Particle[edit]

aca

  1. no[1]
    Antonym: ĩĩ

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 “aca” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 1. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

Sakizaya[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /a.ˈt͡sa/, [a.ˈt͡sa]

Noun[edit]

aca

  1. price

Scottish Gaelic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Irish occaib. Cognates include Irish acu and Manx oc.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈaʰkə/
  • Hyphenation: a‧ca

Pronoun[edit]

aca

  1. third-person plural of aig: at them
    Chan eil na ticeadan aca.They don't have the tickets. (literally, “The tickets are not at them.”)

Inflection[edit]

Personal inflection of aig
Number Person Simple Emphatic
Singular 1st agam agamsa
2nd agad agadsa
3rd m aige aigesan
3rd f aice aicese
Plural 1st againn againne
2nd agaibh agaibhse
3rd aca acasan

Ternate[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

aca

  1. (transitive) to sweep

Conjugation[edit]

Conjugation of aca
Singular Plural
Inclusive Exclusive
1st toaca foaca miaca
2nd noaca niaca
3rd Masculine oaca iaca, yoaca
Feminine moaca
Neuter iaca
- archaic

References[edit]

  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh