أكو

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See also: اکو and آكو

Iraqi Arabic

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Etymology

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From Arabic يكون (he/it is).

Pronunciation

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Determiner

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أكو (aku)

  1. there is
    اكو واحد گِدّامَك
    aku wāḥid giddāmak
    there is someone in front of you

See also

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Ternate

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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أكو (Rumi aku)

  1. (auxiliary) to be allowed, may
    أكو ؤواة سکالي٢ أن إهورو سسيرةaku ua sakali-sakali ana ihoru sosirait is absolutely not allowed that they paddle earlier

Usage notes

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As an auxiliary, أكو (aku) follows the main verb. It may take the subject clitics (o, mo, etc.) only either for emphasis or when أكو (aku) is used as the sole verb in a sentence.

References

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  • Frederik Sigismund Alexander de Clercq (1890) Bijdragen tot de kennis der Residentie Ternate, E.J. Brill
  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh