ako

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Akan[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

ako

  1. parrot

Aklanon[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)aku.

Pronoun[edit]

ako

  1. I

Alangan[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

akó

  1. I; me

Asi[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Philippine *ʔakúʔ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)aku, from Proto-Austronesian *(i-)aku.

Pronoun[edit]

akó

  1. I (first-person singular pronoun)

Bikol Central[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Proto-Philippine *ʔakúʔ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)aku, from Proto-Austronesian *(i-)aku.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Hyphenation: a‧ko
  • IPA(key): /ʔaˈko/, [ʔaˈko]

Pronoun[edit]

akó (Basahan spelling ᜀᜃᜓ)

  1. I; me (first-person singular pronoun)
See also[edit]
Bikol Central personal pronouns
Person Number Absolute (ang) Ergative (sa) Oblique (sa)
Length Full Short Full Short
First singular ako ko sakuya, sako, saako
plural inclusive kita nyato ta satuya, sato, saato
plural exclusive kami nyamo mi samuya, samo, kanamo, saamo
Second singular ika ka mo saimo, simo,kanimo
plural kamo nindo saindo, kaninyo, sainyo
Third singular siya, iya niya saiya, kaniya
plural sinda ninda sainda, kanila


Etymology 2[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Hyphenation: a‧ko
  • IPA(key): /ˈʔakoʔ/, [ˈʔa.koʔ]

Noun[edit]

akò (Basahan spelling ᜀᜃᜓ)

  1. acceptance; admission
    Antonym: sayuma
Derived terms[edit]
See also[edit]

Cebuano[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Philippine *ʔakúʔ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)aku, from Proto-Austronesian *(i-)aku.

Pronunciation[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

akó (Badlit spelling ᜀᜃᜓ)

  1. I; me (first-person singular pronoun)

See also[edit]

Cebuano personal pronouns
Person Number Absolute (ang/si) Ergative (sa/ni) Ergative (preposed) Oblique (sa/og)
Length Full Short Full Short Full Full Short
First singular ako ko* nako ko ako/akoa kanako nako
plural inclusive kita ta nato ta ato/atoa kanato nato
plural exclusive kami mi namo mo amo/amoa kanamo namo
Second singular ikaw ka nimo mo imo/imoha kanimo nimo
plural kamo ka ninyo inyo/inyoha kaninyo ninyo
Third singular siya niya iya/iyaha kaniya niya
plural sila nila ila/ilaha kanila nila
*Ta is used over ko where the object is a second-person singular pronoun.


Ewe[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

ako (plural akowo)

  1. parrot

Hawaiian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Polynesian *qato, from Proto-Oceanic *qatop, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qatəp.

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

ako

  1. (transitive) to thatch

References[edit]

  • Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “ako”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press

Hiligaynon[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

ako

  1. I

Indonesian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Hakka 阿哥 (â-kô, “elder brother”). Doublet of akeo and engkoh.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /akeo/
  • Hyphenation: a‧keo

Noun[edit]

ako (first-person possessive akoku, second-person possessive akomu, third-person possessive akonya)

  1. son

Further reading[edit]

Inonhan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Philippine *ʔakúʔ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)aku, from Proto-Austronesian *(i-)aku.

Pronoun[edit]

ako

  1. I (personal pronoun)

Lower Sorbian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Adverb[edit]

ako

  1. like, as
    Synonym: kaž

Conjunction[edit]

ako

  1. like, as
    Synonym: kaž

Further reading[edit]

  • Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “ako”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
  • Starosta, Manfred (1999) “ako”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

Mansaka[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From aku, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)aku.

Pronoun[edit]

ako

  1. I

Maori[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian.

Verb[edit]

ako

  1. to learn

Mapudungun[edit]

Garlic

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Spanish ajo.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

ako (Unified spelling, Raguileo spelling, Azumchefi spelling)

  1. garlic

Synonyms[edit]

Maranao[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)aku.

Pronoun[edit]

ako

  1. I

Quitemo[edit]

Noun[edit]

ako

  1. water

References[edit]

  • Čestmír Loukotka, ‎Johannes Wilbert (editor), Classification of South American Indian Languages (1968, Los Angeles: Latin American Studies Center, University of California), page(s) 162

Ratagnon[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Philippine *ʔakúʔ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)aku, from Proto-Austronesian *(i-)aku.

Pronoun[edit]

akó

  1. I (first-person singular pronoun)

Serbo-Croatian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *jako (“how, in which way”).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /âko/
  • Hyphenation: a‧ko

Conjunction[edit]

ȁko (Cyrillic spelling а̏ко)

  1. if
    ako ovo je kraj ― if this is the end

Usage notes[edit]

Ako is used to express indicative mood; to express subjunctive mood, da or kad are generally used instead.

Synonyms[edit]

Slovak[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *jako (“how, in which way”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Conjunction[edit]

ako

  1. as
  2. like

Further reading[edit]

  • “ako”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Swahili[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Audio (Kenya)(file)

Adjective[edit]

-ako (declinable)

  1. your (second-person singular possessive adjective)

Inflection[edit]

Inflected forms of -ako
Noun class singular plural
m-wa class(I/II) wako wako
m-mi class(III/IV) wako yako
ji-ma class(V/VI) lako yako
ki-vi class(VII/VIII) chako vyako
n class(IX/X) yako zako
u class(XI) wako see n(X) or ma(VI) class
pa class(XVI) pako
ku class(XVII) kwako
mu class(XVIII) mwako

See also[edit]

Swahili possessive adjectives
singular plural
1st person -angu -etu
2nd person -ako -enu
3rd person -ake -ao (animate) / -ake (inanimate)

Tagalog[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Proto-Philippine *akú (“I”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *aku (“I”), from Proto-Austronesian *aku.

Pronunciation[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

akó (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜃᜓ)

  1. 1st person nominative pronoun: I; me
    Synonym: (gay slang) watashi
    Pupunta po ako sa simbahan, Inay.
    I am going to church, Mother.
    Bigyan mo ako ng makakain.
    Give me something to eat.
    Akong ako 'to.
    This is really me.
Derived terms[edit]
See also[edit]
Tagalog personal pronouns
Person Number Direct (ang) Indirect (ng) Oblique (sa)
First singular ako ko akin
dual* kita, kata nita, nata, ta kanita, kanata, ata
plural inclusive tayo natin atin
plural exclusive kami namin amin
First & Second singular kita**
Second singular ikaw, ka mo iyo
plural kayo, kamo ninyo, niyo inyo
Third singular siya niya kaniya
plural sila nila kanila
* First person dual pronouns are not commonly used.
** Replaces "ko ikaw".

Etymology 2[edit]

From Proto-Philippine *akuʔ (“accept responsibility”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *aku (“I; claim as one's own; mine”), from Proto-Austronesian *aku.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

akò (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜃᜓ)

  1. act of assuming the responsibility, obligation, or duties
Derived terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • “ako”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Blust, Robert, Trussel, Stephen (2010–) “*aku”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

Ternate[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

ako

  1. penis

References[edit]

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

West Albay Bikol[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Philippine *ʔakúʔ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)aku, from Proto-Austronesian *(i-)aku.

Pronoun[edit]

ako (personal pronoun)

  1. I (personal pronoun)

Ye'kwana[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

ako

  1. mortar and pestle

References[edit]

  • Costa, Isabella Coutinho, Silva, Marcelo Costa da, Rodrigues, Edmilson Magalhães (2021) “ako”, in Portal Japiim: Dicionário Ye'kwana‎[1], Museu do Índio/FUNAI
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