Abenaki

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Etymology

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From Proto-Algonquian *-aki.

Suffix

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-ak

  1. A suffix used to form the plurals of animate words.
    sips (bird)sipsak (birds)
    wôbigo (he is white)wôbigoak (they are white)

Usage notes

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  • -ak is the most common suffix used to form the plurals of animate words. It is often used to form the plurals of words ending in letters other than the semivowel w or the vowel a; it is sometimes used to form the plurals of words ending in w; it is almost never used to form the plurals of words ending in a.
  • The other suffixes used to form the plurals of animate words are:
    • -ik, often used to form the plurals of words (especially nouns denoting people who have particular occupations or activities) which end in the consonant d or t (which causes the d or t to mutate into j: nodabônkad, "baker" → nodabônkajik, "bakers"); only rarely used to form the plurals of words ending in other letters (nodkwaag, notkwahag, "pilot" → nodkwaagik, notkwahagik, "pilots"),
    • -ok, used to form the plurals of many words ending in w (which it may suppress), and of some other words (which likely ended in w at an earlier stage of the language),
    • -k, used to form the plurals of almost all words that end in a, and of some words that end in other vowels or in the semivowel w; not used to form the plurals of words ending in consonants.
  • The suffixes used to form the plurals of inanimate words are:
    • -al, the most common suffix used to form the plurals of inanimate words (paskhigan, "gun" → paskhiganal, "guns"), including most body parts and some words ending in the vowel a,
    • -il, used to form the plurals of some words ending in the consonant g or k; only rarely used to form the plurals of words ending in other letters,
    • -ol, used to form the plurals of some words ending in the semivowel w (which it suppresses) or other consonants (which likely ended in w at an earlier stage of the language),
    • -l, used to form the plurals of many words ending in vowels, including the semivowel w; not used to form the plurals of words ending in consonants.

References

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  • Joseph Laurent (1884) New Familiar Abenakis and English Dialogues, Quebec: Leger Brousseau, page 203
  • Gordon M. Day (1994) Western Abenaki Dictionary (in Abenaki), volume 1&2

Basque

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Etymology 1

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Unknown. As the oblique plural forms include the vowel -e-, it has been suggested that it derives from Proto-Basque *-g, to which the epenthetic vowel was attached before case suffixes. Then, the intervocalic *-g- would be dropped due to its position.[1]

Suffix

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-ak

  1. Absolutive plural suffix.
    Nire gurasoak oporretan daude.My parents are on holiday.
    Txakurrak katuak jan ditu.The dog has eaten the cats.
Declension
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Basque inflectional suffixes
indefinite singular plural proximal plural
absolutive -∅ -a -ak -ok
ergative -(e)k -ak -ek
dative -(r)i -ari -ei -oi
genitive -(r)en -aren -en -on
comitative -(r)ekin -arekin -ekin -okin
causative -(r)engatik -arengatik -engatik -ongatik
benefactive -(r)entzat -arentzat -entzat -ontzat
instrumental -(e)z -az -ez -oz
inessive anim -(r)engan -arengan -engan -ongan
inan -(e)tan -an -etan -otan
locative anim
inan -(e)tako -(e)ko -etako -otako
allative anim -(r)engana -arengana -engana -ongana
inan -(e)tara -(e)ra -etara -otara
terminative anim -(r)enganaino -arenganaino -enganaino -onganaino
inan -(e)taraino -(e)raino -etaraino -otaraino
directive anim -(r)enganantz -arenganantz -enganantz -onganantz
inan -(e)tarantz -(e)rantz -etarantz -otarantz
destinative anim -(r)enganako -arenganako -enganako -onganako
inan -(e)tarako -(e)rako -etarako -otarako
ablative anim -(r)engandik -arengandik -engandik -ongandik
inan -(e)tatik -(e)tik -etik -otik
partitive -(r)ik
prolative -tzat

Etymology 2

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From -a (singular definite article) +‎ -k (ergative suffix).

Suffix

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-ak

  1. Ergative singular suffix.
    Txakurrak katuak jan ditu.The dog has eaten the cats.
Declension
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Basque inflectional suffixes
indefinite singular plural proximal plural
absolutive -∅ -a -ak -ok
ergative -(e)k -ak -ek
dative -(r)i -ari -ei -oi
genitive -(r)en -aren -en -on
comitative -(r)ekin -arekin -ekin -okin
causative -(r)engatik -arengatik -engatik -ongatik
benefactive -(r)entzat -arentzat -entzat -ontzat
instrumental -(e)z -az -ez -oz
inessive anim -(r)engan -arengan -engan -ongan
inan -(e)tan -an -etan -otan
locative anim
inan -(e)tako -(e)ko -etako -otako
allative anim -(r)engana -arengana -engana -ongana
inan -(e)tara -(e)ra -etara -otara
terminative anim -(r)enganaino -arenganaino -enganaino -onganaino
inan -(e)taraino -(e)raino -etaraino -otaraino
directive anim -(r)enganantz -arenganantz -enganantz -onganantz
inan -(e)tarantz -(e)rantz -etarantz -otarantz
destinative anim -(r)enganako -arenganako -enganako -onganako
inan -(e)tarako -(e)rako -etarako -otarako
ablative anim -(r)engandik -arengandik -engandik -ongandik
inan -(e)tatik -(e)tik -etik -otik
partitive -(r)ik
prolative -tzat

References

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  1. ^ R. L. Trask (2008) “-k (1)”, in Max W. Wheeler, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Basque, University of Sussex, page 245.

Hungarian

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Etymology

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From -a- (linking vowel) +‎ -k (plural suffix).

Pronunciation

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Suffix

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-ak

  1. (plural suffix) -s, -es
    ház (house) + ‎-ak → ‎házak (houses)
    piros (red) + ‎-ak → ‎pirosak (red)
    Az almák pirosak.The apples are red.

Usage notes

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  • (plural suffix) Variants:
    -k is added to words ending in a vowel. Final -a changes to -á-. Final -e changes to -é-.
    (woman) + ‎-k → ‎k (women)
    fa (tree) + ‎-k → ‎k (trees)
    csésze (cup) + ‎-k → ‎csészék (cups)
    -ak is added to some back-vowel words ending in a consonant:
    ház (house) + ‎-ak → ‎házak (houses)
    -ok is added to most back-vowel words ending in a consonant:
    pad (bench) + ‎-ok → ‎padok (benches)
    -ek is added to unrounded (and some rounded) front-vowel words ending in a consonant:
    kert (garden) + ‎-ek → ‎kertek (gardens)
    könyv (book) + ‎-ek → ‎könyvek (books)
    -ök is added to most rounded front-vowel words ending in a consonant:
    kör (circle) + ‎-ök → ‎körök (circles)
  • Note that the plural form is not used after definite and indefinite numerals in Hungarian: három könyv (three books), néhány óra múlva (in a few hours’ time). There are very few (traditional, archaic) exceptions, including háromkirályok (the Three Magi), mindenszentek (All Saints), and certain archaic phrases with összes (all) and minden (every) (see their Usage notes).
  • The regular plural suffix for back-vowel adjectives is -ak, for example okosak (smart/clever ones). On the other hand, ethnonyms take -ok (e.g. olaszok (Italians), see the back-vowel terms in their category), as well as some other adjectives, including privative (“…-less”) ones (formed with -talan, -atlan, or -tlan). Rounded front-vowel adjectives normally take -ek, for example zöldek (green ones), except for demonyms (see rounded front-vowel terms in their category).
  • If a word can be both a noun and an adjective, the form of its ending gives information about its function, e.g. játékosok (players, noun) and játékosak (playful, adjective as part of a plural predicate). The same distinction also exists with words with rounded front vowels, e.g. ismerős: ismerősök (acquaintances, noun) and ismerősek (familiar, adjective as part of a plural predicate).

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Ilocano

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Etymology

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From Proto-Philippine *ʔakúʔ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)aku, from Proto-Austronesian *(i-)aku.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (after words ending in consonants and sometimes vowels except /a/) /ak/
  • IPA(key): (after words ending in /a/ and sometimes other vowels) /ʔak/

Pronoun

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-ak

  1. First-person singular absolutive enclitic pronoun; I, me
    Pilipinoak.I am a Filipino.
    Kinagatak ti aso.The dog bit me.

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  • When attached to the enclitic -(e)n, the pronoun becomes -akon, reflecting its old form (see etymology above).
    Nanganakon.I already ate.
  • The pronoun is often conflated with -nak in colloquial speech. See the definition of -nak for its proper usage.

Derived terms

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Munsee

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Etymology

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From Proto-Algonquian *-aki.

Suffix

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-ak

  1. A suffix used to form the plurals of animate words.
    lúnuw (man)lunúwak (men)
    alóhkeew (he/she works)alohkéewak (they work)

Old Polish

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Etymology

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    Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-akъ.

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    • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /aːk/
    • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ɒk/

    Suffix

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    -ak m

    1. used to form nouns

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    Descendants

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    • Polish: -ak
    • Silesian: -ŏk

    Polish

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    Etymology

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      Inherited from Old Polish -ak.

      Pronunciation

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      • IPA(key): /ak/
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      • Rhymes: -ak
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      Suffix

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      -ak m

      1. used to form demonyms
        Warszawa + ‎-ak → ‎warszawiak
        Kraków + ‎-ak → ‎krakowiak
        Poznań + ‎-ak → ‎poznaniak
      2. used to form various nouns, many of them colloquial
        spacer + ‎-ak → ‎spacerniak
        miedź + ‎-ak → ‎miedziak
        buzia + ‎-ak → ‎buziak
        prosty + ‎-ak → ‎prostak
        pić + ‎-ak → ‎pijak
      3. used to form names of dances and sports
        szczypiorek + ‎-ak → ‎szczypiorniak
        Kujawy + ‎-ak → ‎kujawiak
        Kraków + ‎-ak → ‎krakowiak
      4. used to form diminutives of animals
        Synonyms: , ątko
        gęś + ‎-ak → ‎gęsiak
        kaczka + ‎-ak → ‎kaczak

      Usage notes

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      This suffix usually softens the preceding consonant, causing an i or y to be added.

      Declension

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      Personal declension (e.g. demonyms):

      Animate declension (e.g. dances, sports, some colloquial nouns):

      Inanimate declension (some colloquial nouns):

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      • -ak in Polish dictionaries at PWN

      Serbo-Croatian

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      Etymology 1

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      Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-ъkъ.

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      -ak (Cyrillic spelling -ак)

      1. Suffix appended to words to create a masculine noun, usually denoting a performer, feature, human relation, result of an action, object, diminutive or a proper name.
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      -ak (Cyrillic spelling -ак)

      1. Suffix appended to the present stem of verbs to form an adjective denoting a feature or a dimension.
        • glad (to smooth) + -akgladak (smooth).
        • ljub (to love) + -akljubak (amiable).
        • Proto-Slavic *plyti + -akplitak (shallow).
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      Turkish

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      Alternative forms

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      Etymology

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      From Ottoman Turkish ـاق, from Proto-Turkic *-gak.

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      -ak

      1. Creates nouns out of verbs.
        • yat- (to lie down) + -akyatak (bed).
        • tara- (to comb) + -aktarak (comb).