aká

See also: Appendix:Variations of "aka"

Central Tarahumara

Alternative forms

• acá

Etymology 1

Cognate with Classical Nahuatl yacatl, Hopi yaqa, etc.

Noun

aká

1. nose
2. face

Derived terms

• akabó

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

aká

1. (intransitive) have salt, be salted
2. (intransitive) be tasty

Derived terms

• akaami
• akawi

Etymology 3

Related to Classical Nahuatl cactli, Huichol caacái, etc.

Noun

aká

1. huarache (a type of sandal)

Derived terms

• akará
• akarapta
• akarapu
• aké

Etymology 4

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

aká

1. (intransitive) become blunt

References

• Hilton, K. Simón (1993) Diccionario tarahumara de Samachique, Chihuahua, México (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 101)‎^[1] (in Spanish), special corrected and updated edition, Tucson: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 3
• Hilton, K. Simón with Shoemaker, Wes (2016) Diccionario tarahumara actualizado‎^[2] (in Spanish), draft edition, SIL International, page 3

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈakaː]

Pronoun

aká

1. feminine nominative singular of aký

Further reading

• “aká”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024