aik
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English [Term?], from Old Norse aka (“to drive, sail, navigate”), from Proto-Germanic *akaną.
Verb edit
aik (third-person singular simple present aiks, present participle aiking, simple past and past participle aiked)
- (Northern England, rare) To drive.
- The herd aiked his neat out to the leas.
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Anagrams edit
Central Nahuatl edit
Adverb edit
aik
References edit
- Herrera López, Hermilo (2015); Diccionario de la lengua Náhuatl de Texcoco, Instituto Mexiquense de los pueblos indígenas. Academia de la lengua náhuatl de Texcoco, Mexico City, Mexico.
Mualang edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
aik
Further reading edit
- Smith, A. (2017) The Languages of Borneo: A Comprehensive Classification, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa
Scots edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle English ook, oke, aik, ake, from Old English āc (also as Old English ǣċ), from Proto-West Germanic *aik, from Proto-Germanic *aiks, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyǵ- (“oak”).
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
aik (plural aiks)
- (now obsolete, poetic) oak
- 1792, Robert Burns, Lady Mary Ann:
- Young Charlie Cochran was the sprout of an aik
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide:
- And then he saw the cause, for Heriot was coming down in a furious flood, sixty yards wide, tearing at the roots of the aiks and flinging red waves against the drystone dykes.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “aik, n.” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.
Etymology 2 edit
Compare aig.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
aik (third-person singular simple present aiks, present participle aikin, simple past aiked, past participle aiked)
Further reading edit
- “aik, v.” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.