See also: Anka, -anka, and änka

Japanese edit

Romanization edit

anka

  1. Rōmaji transcription of あんか

Kabuverdianu edit

Etymology edit

From Portuguese anca.

Noun edit

anka

  1. hip (upper part of the leg)

Latvian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *ankas, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂onk-, from *h₂enk-. Cognate with Lithuanian ánka (loop, ring), Proto-Slavic *ǫkotь, Ancient Greek ὄγκος (ónkos), Latin uncus, Sanskrit अङ्क (aṅká).

Noun edit

añka ? (??? please provide the declension type!)

  1. rope used to fasten a sail to a mast

References edit

  • Derksen, Rick (2015) “anka”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 56

Lithuanian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *ankas, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ónkos.

Noun edit

ánka f (plural ánkos) stress pattern 1

  1. (dialectal) loop, ring
    Synonyms: kilpa, grandis, ąsa

Declension edit

Further reading edit

Quechua edit

Noun edit

anka

  1. eagle
  2. (Cuzco) bird of prey
    Synonym: aqchi

Declension edit

Rwanda-Rundi edit

Verb edit

-ânka (infinitive kwânka, perfective -ânse)

  1. (Kirundi) hate, dislike
  2. (Kirundi) reject, refuse

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Swedish edit

Etymology edit

From Latin anas, anatis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂énh₂ts (duck).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈaŋˌka/
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anka

Noun edit

anka c

  1. domesticated duck
  2. Synonym of tidningsanka

Declension edit

Declension of anka 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative anka ankan ankor ankorna
Genitive ankas ankans ankors ankornas

Descendants edit

  • Finnish: ankka

See also edit

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Tok Pisin edit

Etymology edit

From English anchor.

Noun edit

anka

  1. anchor

Verb edit

anka

  1. to anchor