aksi

See also: akši and áksi

Hungarian

Alternative forms

• akksi (nonstandard but fairly common)

Etymology

Clipping and -si diminutive of akkumulátor (“accumulator”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɒkʃi]
• Hyphenation: ak‧si
• Rhymes: -ʃi

Noun

aksi (plural aksik)

1. (colloquial) (storage) battery, storage cell, accumulator (a device used to power electric devices)

   Synonyms: akkumulátor, akku

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	aksi	aksik
accusative	aksit	aksikat
dative	aksinak	aksiknak
instrumental	aksival	aksikkal
causal-final	aksiért	aksikért
translative	aksivá	aksikká
terminative	aksiig	aksikig
essive-formal	aksiként	aksikként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	aksiban	aksikban
superessive	aksin	aksikon
adessive	aksinál	aksiknál
illative	aksiba	aksikba
sublative	aksira	aksikra
allative	aksihoz	aksikhoz
elative	aksiból	aksikból
delative	aksiról	aksikról
ablative	aksitól	aksiktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	aksié	aksiké
non-attributive possessive – plural	aksiéi	aksikéi

Possessive forms of aksi

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	aksim	aksijaim (or aksiim)
2nd person sing.	aksid	aksijaid (or aksiid)
3rd person sing.	aksija	aksijai (or aksii)
1st person plural	aksink	aksijaink (or aksiink)
2nd person plural	aksitok	aksijaitok (or aksiitok)
3rd person plural	aksijuk	aksijaik (or aksiik)

Further reading

• aksi 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).

Indonesian

Alternative forms

• actie (1901–1947)

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch actie (compare Afrikaans aksie), from Latin āctiō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈak̚si]
• Hyphenation: ak‧si

Noun

aksi (plural aksi-aksi)

1. action:
   1. something done, often so as to accomplish a purpose

      Synonym: tindakan

   2. a way of motion or functioning

      Synonym: gerakan

   3. a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings)
2. behaviour, manner, conduct

   Synonym: sikap

Derived terms

• beraksi

Related terms

• aktif
• interaksi
• reaksi
• transaksi
• transaksional

Descendants

• → Malay: aksi

Further reading

• “aksi”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch actie (“action”) (attested as actie, with orthographic borrowing from Indonesian aksi (“action”)), from Latin āctiō (“act of doing or making”), from āctus + action suffix -iō, perfect passive participle of agere (“do, act”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti. Semantic loan from English action for senses other than action. Doublet of eksyen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aksi/
• Rhymes: -si, -i
• Hyphenation: ak‧si

Noun

aksi (Jawi spelling اکسي, plural aksi-aksi or aksi²)

1. action (something done so as to accomplish a purpose)

   Synonyms: tindakan, gerakan

2. boast, brag

   Synonym: lagak

3. cool, handsome, attractive (of clothing, behaviour)

   Synonyms: elok, bergaya

Affixations

• beraksi

Further reading

• "aksi" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

Sranan Tongo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaks(i)/, [ˈa̠ks(i)], [ˈɑ̟ks(i)]

Etymology 1

Likely from English aks, ax (“to ask”), now obsolete except dialectally. Compare Maroon Spirit Language aksi, Jamaican Creole aks, Krio aks.

Alternative forms

• haksi, hakisi (superseded)

Verb

aksi

1. to ask
   • 1874, W. Boekhoudt, Uit mijn verleden. Bijdrage tot de kennis van Suriname [From my past. Contribution to the knowledge of Suriname]‎^[2], Winschoten: J.D. van der Veen, page 95:

     Joe si boenboen kroejara soengoe, kaba joe aksi iffi mi foetoe natti.

     [Yu si bunbun kruyara sungu, kaba yu aksi efi mi futu nati.]

     You saw full well that the canoe sank, now you ask me if my feet got wet.

   • 1950 January 23, Gerard van der Schroeff, “Einde van de koloniale voogdij. (Radiorede van de heer G. van der Schroeff) [The end of colonial tutelage. Radio address by Mr G. Van der Schroeff]”, in De West‎^[3], page 5:

     Tide mamantin, wan bigi soema kon aksi mi, iffoe mie no kan taki wan pikien sani na ini Sranang tongo, bikasi alla soema no verstan alla sani fini fini.

     [Tide mamanten, wan bigisma kon aksi mi, efu mi no kan taki wan pikin sani na ini Sranantongo, bikasi alasma no ferstan alasani finifini.]

     This morning, an elderly person came to ask me if I could say something in Sranan Tongo, because not everybody understood everything in detail.

   • 1991, Orlando Emanuels, “Boyo [Cassava cake]”, in Roy Mac Donald, editor, Mi na koniman Anansi. 20 Surinaamse kinderliedjes van het Srio kinderkoor [I'm the cunning Anansi. Twenty Surinamese children's songs of the Srio children's choir]‎^[4], [Paramaribo]: Pikin Fowru Productions, →ISBN, page 24:

     Wan krioro f'Bakrakondre / Ben kon luku en gangan / Da'a granmisi aks a boy f'en / Sort'stimofo a lostu f'nyan

     A Creole from the Netherlands / Came to see his granny / Then the old lady asked her boy / What kind of food he'd like to eat

Noun

aksi

1. question
2. request

Descendants

• Aukan: aksi
• Saramaccan: hákísi

Etymology 2

From English axe.

Noun

aksi

1. axe

Turkish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /akˈsi/
• Hyphenation: ak‧si

Etymology 1

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish عكسی (aksi), from Arabic عَكْسِيّ (ʕaksiyy). By surface analysis, akis +‎ -i.

Adjective

aksi

1. contrary, opposite
2. stubborn

Derived terms

• aksiseda (“echo”)

Etymology 2

Noun

aksi

1. accusative singular of akis

Further reading

• “aksi”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu