akkar

Chuukese

Noun

akkar

1. sun

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Unknown. Probably a shortening of dialectal akkertroll, doublet of ankertroll, attested in the early 18th century by Hans Olufsen Nysted spelled as Ackertrold. According to NAOB, may be from the childish verb akke (“to defecate”).

Noun

akkar m (definite singular akkaren, indefinite plural akkarer, definite plural akkarene)

1. European flying squid (Todarodes sagittatus).

Synonyms

• blekksprut

References

• “akkar” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Unknown. Probably a shortening of dialectal akkertroll, attested in the early 18th century by Hans Olufsen Nysted spelled as Ackertrold, from Old Norse akkeri, in this case is a doublet of ankertroll.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²ɑkːɑr/

Noun

akkar m (definite singular akkaren, indefinite plural akkarar, definite plural akkarane)

1. European flying squid (Todarodes sagittatus).

Synonyms

• blekksprut/blekksprute

References

• “akkar” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *akraz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵros.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑk.kɑr/

Noun

akkar m

1. a field
2. an acre

Declension

akkar (r-stem)

	singular	plural
nominative	akkar	akkar
accusative	akkar	akkar
genitive	akkar	akkarō
dative	akkar	akkarum
instrumental	—	—

Descendants

• Middle Low German: acker
  • Low German: Acker
  • Plautdietsch: Aka

References

Köbler, Gerhard (2014), Altsächsisches Wörterbuch‎^[1] (in German), 5th edition