أكو
Iraqi Arabic edit
Etymology edit
From Arabic يكون (“he/it is”).
Pronunciation edit
Determiner edit
أكو (aku)
- there is
- اكو واحد گِدّامَك
- aku wāḥid giddāmak
- there is someone in front of you
See also edit
Ternate edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
أكو (Rumi aku)
- (auxiliary) to be allowed, may
- أكو ؤواة سکالي٢ أن إهورو سسيرة ― aku ua sakali-sakali ana ihoru sosira ― it is absolutely not allowed that they paddle earlier
Usage notes edit
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 edit
- 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