aak

See also: åk, Aak, AAK, áak, aakʼ, aa’k, and -aak-

Translingual

Symbol

aak

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Ankave.

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Korean 아악(雅樂) (aak). Doublet of gagaku and yayue.

Noun

aak (uncountable)

1. A genre of Korean court music

Anagrams

• A.K.A., AKA, Aka, a.k.a., a/k/a, aka

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch aak.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

aak (plural ake)

1. barge (type of ship that sails on rivers)

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch aecke, naecke, from Old Dutch *nako, from Proto-West Germanic *nakwō, from Proto-Germanic *nakwô (“boat, ship”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aːk/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: aak
• Rhymes: -aːk

Noun

aak m or f (plural aken, diminutive aakje n)

1. barge (type of ship that sails on rivers)

Derived terms

• dekaak
• rijnaak

Descendants

• Afrikaans: aak
• → German: Aak
• → West Frisian: aak

Further reading

• Matthias de Vries, Lambert Allard te Winkel (1864) “aak”, in Woordenboek der Nederlandsche Taal, published 2001

Greenlandic

Etymology

From Proto-Inuit *a(r)uɣ, from Proto-Eskimo *aruɣ. Cognate with Inupiaq auk and Inuktitut ᐊᐅᒃ (aok).

Pronunciation

• (Nuuk) IPA^(key): /aak/, [aːk]

Noun

aak

1. blood
   • 2002, Stephen Hammeken, Harry Potter Ujarallu Inuunartoq, Nuuk: Atuakkiorfik, translation of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J. K. Rowling, →ISBN, page 319:

     "Harry Potter, nalunngiliuk enhjørningip aava sumut atorneqartartoq?"

     "Harry Potter, do you know what unicorn blood is used for?"

Declension

Declension of aak

	singular	plural
absolutive	aak	aavit
ergative	aap	aavit
allative	aammut	aannut
ablative	aammit	aannit
prosecutive	aakkut	aatsigut
locative	aammi	aanni
instrumental	aammik	aannik
equative	aattut	aattut

Derived terms

• aagiak
• aaginnaavoq

References

• aak in Katersat

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔaˈʔak/ [ʔɐˈʔak]
• Rhymes: -ak
• Syllabification: a‧ak

Noun

aák (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜀᜃ᜔)

1. long slash from a knife
2. act of slashing with a knife
3. crack (on a surface)

Derived terms

• aakan
• aakin

 

Adjective

aák (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜀᜃ᜔)

1. having a long slash from a knife

Tedim Chin

Etymology

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *ʔaar (“chicken”).

Noun

aak

1. hen

References

• Zomi Ordbog based on the work of D.L. Haokip

Yucatec Maya

Etymology

From Proto-Mayan *aaq.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʔàːk]

Noun

aak

1. grass used for building roofs.

References

• Kaufman, Terrence (2003) A Preliminary Mayan Etymological Dictionary, page 1155.
• Bastarrachea, Juan; Canto, Jorge (2004) Diccionario Maya Popular, page 30.