aks

See also: AKs, äks, åks, and aks'

English

Etymology

From Old English acsian (“ask”); see ax for more.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /æks/, /ɑːks/
• Rhymes: -æks, -ɑːks

Verb

aks (third-person singular simple present aks or akses, present participle aksing, simple past and past participle aksed)

1. (dialectal, now chiefly West Africa, African-American Vernacular, MLE, Bermuda, West Country, Maori English and Ireland) To ask.
   • 1865, William Stott Banks, A List of Provincial Words in Use at Wakefield in Yorkshire‎^[1], London: J.R.Smith, page 3:

     AKS, ask.

   • 2004, Larry Dean Hamilton, A Gathering of Angels, page 132:

     Another thing, kid, don't aks me no more questions tonight.

Anagrams

• ASK, Ask, KAs, KSA, SAK, SKA, ask, kas, ska

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse ax.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aks/

Noun

aks n (singular definite akset, plural indefinite aks)

1. ear (fruiting body of a grain plant)
2. spike (ear of grain)

Inflection

Declension of aks

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	aks	akset	aks	aksene
genitive	aks'	aksets	aks'	aksenes

Dutch

Alternative forms

• aaks (dated)
• akst (archaic, literary)

Etymology

From Middle Dutch aex, from Old Dutch *acus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑks/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: aks
• Rhymes: -ɑks

Noun

aks f (plural aksen)

1. An axe, usually denoting a heavy axe.

   Synonym: bijl

Descendants

• Negerhollands: aks
• → Sranan Tongo: aksi

Jamaican Creole

Alternative forms

• aaks, ax

Etymology

From English ask.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑːks/, /ˈɔːks/
• Hyphenation: aks

Verb

aks

1. to ask

   Aks Teddy ef 'im a guh a farin nex' week.

   Ask Teddy if he's going to the USA next week.

   • 2013, Loron-Jon Stokes, Citizen Class 5, →ISBN, page 267:

     “"Mi cyan gi'e teh yeh deh t'ings yeh aks fuh [...]”

     I can't give you the things you've asked for.

Further reading

• Richard Allsopp, editor (1996), Dictionary of Caribbean English Usage, Kingston, Jamaica: University of the West Indies Press, published 2003, →ISBN, page 20

Nigerian Pidgin

Etymology

From English ask.

Verb

aks

1. ask

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse ax.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aks/

Noun

aks n (definite singular akset, indefinite plural aks, definite plural aksa or aksene)

1. ear (fruiting body of a grain plant)
2. spike (ear of grain)

Derived terms

• kornaks

References

• “aks” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse ax.

Noun

aks n (definite singular akset, indefinite plural aks, definite plural aksa)

1. ear (fruiting body of a grain plant)

Derived terms

• kornaks
• moldaks
• skjæraks (may be of other origin)

References

• “aks” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Tsimshian

FWOTD – 17 July 2015

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʔaks]

Noun

aks

1. water

Verb

aks

1. (transitive, intransitive) drink
2. (intransitive) be wet

References

• John Asher Dunn, Sm'algyax: A Reference Dictionary and Grammar (1995, →ISBN

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from French axe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑks/

Noun

aks (definite accusative aksi, plural aksler)

1. axis

Synonyms

• dingil
• eksen

References

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

Uzbek

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عَكْس (ʕaks). Compare Turkish akis (“reverse, opposite”)

Adjective

aks (comparative aksroq, superlative eng aks)

1. contrary, adverse, reverse

Derived terms

• aksincha