aake
Yola edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English aken, from Old English acan, from Proto-West Germanic *akan.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
aake
- to ache
- 1867, “VERSES IN ANSWER TO THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 2, page 100:
- Craneen t' thee wee aam, thee luggès shell aake.
- Choking to thee with them. Thy ears shall ache.
References edit
- Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 21
Yoruba edit
Alternative forms edit
- àíké (Ifọ́n)
Etymology edit
Contraction of àkíké.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
àáké
Derived terms edit
- aláàáké (“someone who sells axes, a lumberjack”)
- àáké ìṣọlọ́jọ̀jọ̀ (“paring axe”)
- àákéboro