aak
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Korean 아악 (雅樂, aak). Doublet of gagaku and yayue.
NounEdit
aak (uncountable)
AnagramsEdit
DutchEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle Dutch aecke, naecke, from Old Dutch *nako, from Proto-West Germanic *nakwō, from Proto-Germanic *nakwô (“boat, ship”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
aak m or f (plural aken, diminutive aakje n)
- barge (type of ship that sails on rivers)
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
Further readingEdit
- Matthias de Vries; Lambert Allard te Winkel, “aak”, in Woordenboek der Nederlandsche Taal[1], 1864, published 2001
GreenlandicEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Inuit *a(r)uɣ, from Proto-Eskimo *aruɣ. Cognate with Inupiaq auk and Inuktitut ᐊᐅᒃ (auk)
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
aak
- 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 termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- aak in Katersat
WestrobothnianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Norse aka (“to move, to drive,”) from Proto-Germanic *akaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-.
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
aak (preterite ake)
Derived termsEdit
- aak raåm (“to be unsure”)