akta

See also: aktā, äkta, and åkta

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɒktɒ]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: ak‧ta
• Rhymes: -tɒ

Noun

akta (plural akták)

1. document, paper, file, dossier

   Synonyms: okirat, okmány, ügyirat

Declension

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

	singular	plural
nominative	akta	akták
accusative	aktát	aktákat
dative	aktának	aktáknak
instrumental	aktával	aktákkal
causal-final	aktáért	aktákért
translative	aktává	aktákká
terminative	aktáig	aktákig
essive-formal	aktaként	aktákként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	aktában	aktákban
superessive	aktán	aktákon
adessive	aktánál	aktáknál
illative	aktába	aktákba
sublative	aktára	aktákra
allative	aktához	aktákhoz
elative	aktából	aktákból
delative	aktáról	aktákról
ablative	aktától	aktáktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	aktáé	aktáké
non-attributive possessive – plural	aktáéi	aktákéi

Possessive forms of akta

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	aktám	aktáim
2nd person sing.	aktád	aktáid
3rd person sing.	aktája	aktái
1st person plural	aktánk	aktáink
2nd person plural	aktátok	aktáitok
3rd person plural	aktájuk	aktáik

Derived terms

Compound words

• aktatáska

Further reading

• akta 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.
• akta 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).

Icelandic

Verb

akta (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative aktaði, supine æktað)

1. number, tax, value, take a census

   Fóru þeir víða um land og öktuðu vísaeyri konungs

   They travelled widely in the land and levied the royal revenue.

2. to examine, enquire
3. to debate, discuss in parliament
4. care for, feel respect for

Conjugation

akta – active voice (germynd)

infinitive nafnháttur		að akta
supine sagnbót		aktað
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar		aktandi
		indicative framsöguháttur			subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
		present nútíð	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	akta	aktaði		akti	aktaði
	þú	aktar	aktaðir		aktir	aktaðir
	hann, hún, það	aktar	aktaði		akti	aktaði
plural	við	öktum	öktuðum		öktum	öktuðum
	þið	aktið	öktuðuð		aktið	öktuðuð
	þeir, þær, þau	akta	öktuðu		akti	öktuðu
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	akta (þú), aktaðu
plural	þið	aktið (þið), aktiði1

¹ Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

aktast – mediopassive voice (miðmynd)

infinitive nafnháttur		að aktast
supine sagnbót		aktast
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar		aktandist (rare; see appendix)
		indicative framsöguháttur			subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
		present nútíð	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	aktast	aktaðist		aktist	aktaðist
	þú	aktast	aktaðist		aktist	aktaðist
	hann, hún, það	aktast	aktaðist		aktist	aktaðist
plural	við	öktumst	öktuðumst		öktumst	öktuðumst
	þið	aktist	öktuðust		aktist	öktuðust
	þeir, þær, þau	aktast	öktuðust		aktist	öktuðust
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	aktast (þú), aktastu
plural	þið	aktist (þið), aktisti1

¹ Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

aktaður — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)

strong declension (sterk beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	aktaður	öktuð	aktað	aktaðir	aktaðar	öktuð
accusative (þolfall)	aktaðan	aktaða	aktað	aktaða	aktaðar	öktuð
dative (þágufall)	öktuðum	aktaðri	öktuðu	öktuðum	öktuðum	öktuðum
genitive (eignarfall)	aktaðs	aktaðrar	aktaðs	aktaðra	aktaðra	aktaðra
weak declension (veik beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	aktaði	aktaða	aktaða	öktuðu	öktuðu	öktuðu
accusative (þolfall)	aktaða	öktuðu	aktaða	öktuðu	öktuðu	öktuðu
dative (þágufall)	aktaða	öktuðu	aktaða	öktuðu	öktuðu	öktuðu
genitive (eignarfall)	aktaða	öktuðu	aktaða	öktuðu	öktuðu	öktuðu

Indonesian

Alternative forms

• akte (1901–1947, proscribed by KBBI)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin ācta, plural of āctum, from agō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-. Semantic loan from Dutch akte. Doublet of aksis, akte, and aktor.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈakta/ [ˈak̚.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -akta
• Syllabification: ak‧ta

Noun

akta (plural akta-akta)

1. certificate

   Synonyms: sertifikat, sijil (Malay)

2. a deed; a legal contract

   Synonym: surat ikatan (Malay)

Usage notes

The word is part of false friends between Standard Malay and Indonesian due to shared etymology. The Brunei, Malaysia and Singapore usage can be seen in Malay akta.

Hyponyms

• akta autentik
• akta bawah tangan
• akta catatan sipil
• akta hibah
• akta jual beli
• akta kelahiran
• akta kematian
• akta kenal lahir
• akta mengajar
• akta nikah
• akta notaris
• akta pendirian
• akta persetujuan
• akta proteksi data

Related terms

• akte
• aktentas
• akting
• aktor
• aktris

Descendants

• → Min Nan: 沃智 (iáu-tì), 沃治 (iáu-tī)

Further reading

• “akta”, 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

Javanese

Romanization

akta

1. romanization of ꦲꦏ꧀ꦠ

Latvian

Noun

akta m

1. genitive singular of akts

Lule Sami

Lule Sami numbers ^(edit)

		10
		1	2  →	10  →
Cardinal: akta     Ordinal: vuostasj

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *ëktë.

Numeral

akta

1. one

Inflection

This numeral needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

• Eino Koponen, Klaas Ruppel, Kirsti Aapala, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Malay

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin ācta, plural of āctum, from agō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-. Semantic loan from English act.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /akta/
• Rhymes: -akta
• Hyphenation: ak‧ta

Noun

akta (Jawi spelling اکتا, plural akta-akta or akta²)

1. act (statute)

Usage notes

This Malay word is part of false friends between Standard Malay and Indonesian due to shared etymology. The Indonesian usage can be seen at Indonesian akta.

Further reading

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

Northern Sami

Northern Sami numbers ^(edit)

		10
	←  0	1	2  →	10  →
Cardinal: okta, akta     Nominal: ovtteš     Ordinal: vuosttaš     Adverbial: oktii, okte     Fractional: ollis

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈakːta/

Numeral

akta

1. alternative form of okta

Inflection

This numeral needs an inflection-table template.

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• akten

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /akta/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -akta
• Hyphenation: ak‧ta

Noun

akta m or f

1. definite feminine singular of akt

Anagrams

• kata, taka

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

akta f

1. definite singular of akt

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin āctā. First attested in 1551.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈak.ta/

• (Middle Polish) IPA^(key): /ˈak.ta/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -akta
• Syllabification: ak‧ta

Noun

akta nvir pl

1. dossier (collection of documents related to a person or situation) [from 19th c.]

   Synonyms: dokumentacja, dossier

2. (obsolete) chronicle, recorded history [16th c.–20th c.]

Declension

Declension of akta

	plural
nominative	akta
genitive	akt
dative	aktom
accusative	akta
instrumental	aktami
locative	aktach
vocative	akta

Related terms

adjective

• aktowy

noun

• akcik
• akt
• aktówka
• jednoaktówka

verbs

• aktykować impf

verbs

• odkładać do akt pf, odłożyć do akt impf

Further reading

• akta in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• akta in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• “AKTA”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], 30 August 2016
• Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861), “akta”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861

Swedish

WATCH OUT DRIVE SLOWLY! [sic]
CHILDREN PLAYING [PLAYING CHILDREN]

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Verb

akta (present aktar, preterite aktade, supine aktat, imperative akta)

1. to be careful with, to watch, to mind

   Akta huvudet när du går in!

   Watch your head as you enter!

   Akta er för Nisse. Han är en farlig jävel.

   Beware of Nisse. He's a dangerous bastard.

   Akta blomkrukan när du öppnar fönstret

   Watch the flowerpot when you open the window

   Aktas

   Handle with care (on packages and the like)

2. to respect, to esteem (value highly)

   en aktad forskare

   an esteemed scientist

Conjugation

Conjugation of akta (weak)

	active		passive
infinitive	akta		aktas
supine	aktat		aktats
imperative	akta		—
imper. plural1	akten		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	aktar	aktade	aktas	aktades
ind. plural1	akta	aktade	aktas	aktades
subjunctive2	akte	aktade	aktes	aktades
present participle		aktande
past participle		aktad

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Derived terms

• akta sig (“beware, watch out”)

Related terms

• aktad
• oaktat

References

• akta in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• akta in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• akta in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• kata-

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish acta, from Latin ācta (“register of events”), plural of āctum. Doublet of akto.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈʔakta/ [ˈʔak.t̪ɐ]
• Rhymes: -akta
• Syllabification: ak‧ta

Noun

akta (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜃ᜔ᜆ)

1. record; minutes (the official notes kept during a meeting)

   Synonyms: katitikan, ulat, minuta, rekord

   Pinagtibay ang akta ng nakaraang pulong.

   The minutes of the past meeting were approved.

2. election results

Related terms

• adyenda
• ahenda
• ahensiya
• ahensiya de-empenyo
• ahente
• ahilidad
• ahitador
• ahitasyon
• aksiyon
• aksiyonista
• aktiba
• aktibado
• aktibasyon
• aktibidad
• aktibidades
• aktibismo
• aktibista
• aktibo
• akting
• aktitud
• akto
• aktor
• aktris
• aktuwal
• aktuwali
• aktuwalidad
• aktuwaryo
• aktuwasyon
• ambigwidad
• ambigwo
• bos-aktiba
• eksakto
• eksamen
• eksamina
• eksaminado
• eksaminador
• eksihensiya
• ensayado
• ensayo
• inaksiyon
• inaktibo
• inter-aksiyon
• papel de ahensiya
• reaksiyon
• reaksiyonaryo
• reaktibasyon
• reaktibidad
• reaktibo
• retroaktibo

Further reading

• “akta”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972), Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 9

Turkish

Noun

akta

1. locative singular of ak

Vilamovian

Noun

akta ?

1. (plural only) document, paper, file, dossier