аки

See also: яки

Nivkh edit

Etymology edit

Earlier (*akan). Maybe related to *ake, compare Evenki акин (akin), Mongolic *aka, compare Mongolian ах (ax), and also Ainu アㇰ (ak, “younger brother”).

Noun edit

аки (aki)

(Sakhalin) elder brother; big brother

Synonyms edit

аӄан (aqan) (Sakhalin)
аӄанд (aqand) (Sakhalin)
ыкын (əkən) (Amur)

Northern Khanty edit

Etymology edit

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Noun edit

аки (aki) (Kazym)

uncle

References edit

Solovar, V. N. (2014) “аки”, in Хантыйско-русский Словарь (казымский диалект) [Khanty-Russian Dictionary (Kazym Dialect)]‎^[1], Khanty-Mansiysk: ООО «ФОРМАТ», →ISBN, page 15

Russian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic акы (aky).

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): [ˈakʲɪ]
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Adverb edit

а́ки • (áki)

(archaic, ironic) like, as
Synonym: (regular term) как (kak)

ржал а́ки конь ― ržal áki konʹ ― laughed like a horse