akas

See also: akās

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.kas/
• Rhymes: -kas, -as, -s
• Hyphenation: a‧kas

Etymology 1

Inherited from Malay akas (“dexterous”).

Adjective

akas

1. dexterous

   Synonyms: cekatan, gesit

Derived terms

• keakasan

 

Related terms

• tangkas

 

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Hindi आकाश (ākāś), from Sanskrit आकाश (ākāśa).

Noun

akas (plural akas-akas, first-person possessive akasku, second-person possessive akasmu, third-person possessive akasnya)

1. Alternative spelling of angkasa

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Sundanese [Term?] and Javanese ꦲꦏꦱ꧀ (akas, “crusty: hard and dry”), from Old Javanese akas (“hard, inflexible, unyielding, obstinate”), kas (“hardness, inflexibility”).

Noun

akas (plural akas-akas, first-person possessive akasku, second-person possessive akasmu, third-person possessive akasnya)

1. iron and steel alloy

Adjective

akas

1. crusty: hard and dry

Etymology 4

Borrowed from Minangkabau [Term?]

Verb

akas

1. to split in two lengthways

Etymology 5

Inherited from Malay akas, from Arabic عَكْس (ʕaks, “contrary; reverse; opposite”).

Noun

akas (first-person possessive akasku, second-person possessive akasmu, third-person possessive akasnya)

1. opposite

   Synonyms: kebalikan, lawan

Further reading

• “akas” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Kom (Cameroon)

Noun

akas

1. iron
2. metal used as roofing material

References

• Randy Jones, Provisional Kom - English lexicon (2001, Yaoundé, Cameroon)

Latvian

Noun

akas f

1. inflection of aka:
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/vocative/accusative plural

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English acacia.

Noun

akas

1. acacia tree