akár

See also: akar, ākär, akár-, and ak'ar

Hamer-Banna

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔakár/, [ʔakár̥]

Adjective

akár

1. early

Adverb

akár

1. not yet
   • 2014, SIM International, Haalin Mallano [New Testament], Digital Bible Society, Wannis 2:4:

     Yesusaar "Indo, harrnaa iam oyse? Isa wodano akar yeskadehe" hamayse kona ki giyade.

     [Yesusár "índo, hárna ɛ́ɛn oisé? ísa wodáno akár yeskadê" hamáise kóna kigiáde.]

     Jesus said to her, "Mother, why do you involve me? My time has not yet come."

   • 2014, SIM International, Haalin Mallano [New Testament], Digital Bible Society, Wannis 6:17:

     Ogo wodanka peeno thipane; Yesusaar akar kekal nivadehe.

     [ogó wodánka péeno t’ipáne; Yesusár akár kíxal niʔadê]

     At that time it was dark; Jesus had not yet joined them.

References

• Yona Takahashi (2015), “A Small Dictionary of Hamar with Some Lexical Notes on Banna and Karo”, in Studies in Ethiopian Languages‎^[2], number 4, page 41 of 35-75

Hungarian

Etymology

It was formed from akar, the Old Hungarian imperative form of the verb akar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɒkaːr]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: akár
• Rhymes: -aːr

Conjunction

akár

1. might as well, even

   Akár itt is ebédelhetünk. ― We might as well have lunch here.

2. (literary) just like

   Synonym: mint

   Olyan, akár az anyja. ― She is just like her mother.

3. whether … or …

   Akár hiszi, akár nem, ez az igazság. ― Whether he believes it or not, this is the truth.

Derived terms

• akár-

Compound words

• akárcsak
• akárha

Expressions

• akár esik, akár fúj
• akár tetszik, akár nem

Further reading

• akár in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
• akár in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

Anagrams

• arák, árak, árka, kára