aak

See also: Aak, aakʼ, aa’k, áak, and åk

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Korean 아악 (雅樂, aak). Doublet of gagaku and yayue.

Noun

aak (uncountable)

1. A genre of Korean court music

Anagrams

• A.K.A., AKA, Aka, a.k.a., a/k/a, aka

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Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch aecke, naecke, from Old Dutch *nako, from Proto-West Germanic *nakwō, from Proto-Germanic *nakwô (“boat, ship”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aːk/

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• Hyphenation: aak
• Rhymes: -aːk

Noun

aak m or f (plural aken, diminutive aakje n)

1. barge (type of ship that sails on rivers)

Derived terms

• dekaak
• rijnaak

Descendants

• → German: Aak
• → West Frisian: aak

Further reading

• Matthias de Vries; Lambert Allard te Winkel, “aak”, in Woordenboek der Nederlandsche Taal‎^[1], 1864, published 2001

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Greenlandic

Etymology

From Proto-Inuit *a(r)uɣ, from Proto-Eskimo *aruɣ. Cognate with Inupiaq auk and Inuktitut ᐊᐅᒃ (auk)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aːk/

Noun

aak

1. blood
   • 2002, Stephen Hammeken, Harry Potter Ujarallu Inuunartoq, Nuuk: Atuakkiorfik, translation of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J. K. Rowling, →ISBN, page 319:

     "Harry Potter, nalunngiliuk enhjørningip aava sumut atorneqartartoq?"

     "Harry Potter, do you know what unicorn blood is used for?"

Derived terms

• aagiak
• aaginnaavoq

References

• aak in Katersat

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Westrobothnian

Etymology

From Old Norse aka (“to move, to drive,”) from Proto-Germanic *akaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²ɑːk/

  Rhymes: -òːk

Verb

aak (preterite ake)

1. (rare) To plow shallow furrows.

Derived terms

• aak raåm (“to be unsure”)

Related terms

• aker
• akräj