ako
Akan edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ako
Aklanon edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)aku.
Pronoun edit
ako
Alangan edit
Pronoun edit
akó
Asi edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Philippine *ʔakúʔ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)aku, from Proto-Austronesian *(i-)aku.
Pronoun edit
akó
- I (first-person singular pronoun)
Bikol Central edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Philippine *ʔakúʔ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)aku, from Proto-Austronesian *(i-)aku.
Pronunciation edit
Pronoun edit
akó (Basahan spelling ᜀᜃᜓ)
See also edit
Person | Number | Absolute (ang) | Ergative (sa) | Oblique (sa) | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Length | Full | Short | Full | Short | |||
First | singular | ako | ko | sakuya, sako, saako | |||
plural inclusive | kita | nyato | ta | satuya, sato, saato | |||
plural exclusive | kami | nyamo | mi | samuya, samo, kanamo, saamo | |||
Second | singular | ika | ka | mo | saimo, simo,kanimo | ||
plural | kamo | nindo | saindo, kaninyo, sainyo | ||||
Third | singular | siya, iya | niya | saiya, kaniya | |||
plural | sinda | ninda | sainda, kanila | ||||
Etymology 2 edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
akò (Basahan spelling ᜀᜃᜓ)
- acceptance; admission
- Antonym: sayuma
Derived terms edit
See also edit
Cebuano edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Philippine *ʔakúʔ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)aku, from Proto-Austronesian *(i-)aku.
Pronunciation edit
Pronoun edit
akó (Badlit spelling ᜀᜃᜓ)
See also edit
Person | Number | Absolute (ang/si) | Ergative (sa/ni) | Ergative (preposed) | Oblique (sa/og) | |||
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Length | Full | Short | Full | Short | Full | Full | Short | |
First | singular | ako | ko* | nako | ko | ako/akoa | kanako | nako |
plural inclusive | kita | ta | nato | ta | ato/atoa | kanato | nato | |
plural exclusive | kami | mi | namo | mo | amo/amoa | kanamo | namo | |
Second | singular | ikaw | ka | nimo | mo | imo/imoha | kanimo | nimo |
plural | kamo | ka | ninyo | inyo/inyoha | kaninyo | ninyo | ||
Third | singular | siya | niya | iya/iyaha | kaniya | niya | ||
plural | sila | nila | ila/ilaha | kanila | nila | |||
*Ta is used over ko where the object is a second-person singular pronoun. |
Ewe edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ako (plural akowo)
Hawaiian edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Polynesian *qato, from Proto-Oceanic *qatop, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qatəp.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
ako
- (transitive) to thatch
References edit
- Pukui, Mary Kawena; Elbert, Samuel H. (1986), “ako”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press
Hiligaynon edit
Pronoun edit
ako
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
From Hakka 阿哥 (â-kô, “elder brother”). Doublet of akeo and engkoh.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ako (first-person possessive akoku, second-person possessive akomu, third-person possessive akonya)
Further reading edit
- “ako” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Inonhan edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Philippine *ʔakúʔ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)aku, from Proto-Austronesian *(i-)aku.
Pronoun edit
ako
- I (personal pronoun)
Lower Sorbian edit
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
ako
Conjunction edit
ako
Further reading edit
- Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928), “ako”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
- Starosta, Manfred (1999), “ako”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag
Mansaka edit
Etymology edit
From aku, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)aku.
Pronoun edit
ako
Maori edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian.
Verb edit
ako
- to learn
Mapudungun edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ako (Unified spelling, Raguileo spelling, Azumchefi spelling)
Synonyms edit
Maranao edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)aku.
Pronoun edit
ako
Quitemo edit
Noun edit
ako
References edit
- Čestmír Loukotka, Johannes Wilbert (editor), Classification of South American Indian Languages (1968, Los Angeles: Latin American Studies Center, University of California), page(s) 162
Ratagnon edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Philippine *ʔakúʔ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)aku, from Proto-Austronesian *(i-)aku.
Pronoun edit
akó
- I (first-person singular pronoun)
Serbo-Croatian edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *jako (“how, in which way”).
Pronunciation edit
Conjunction edit
ȁko (Cyrillic spelling а̏ко)
- if
- ako ovo je kraj ― if this is the end
Usage notes edit
Ako is used to express indicative mood; to express subjunctive mood, da or kad are generally used instead.
Synonyms edit
Slovak edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *jako (“how, in which way”).
Pronunciation edit
Conjunction edit
ako
Further reading edit
- “ako”, 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
Swahili edit
Pronunciation edit
Audio (Kenya) (file)
Adjective edit
-ako (declinable)
- your (second-person singular possessive adjective)
Inflection edit
See also edit
Tagalog edit
Alternative forms edit
- aco — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography
- aq — text messaging slang
- aketch, akiz — gay slang
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Philippine *akú (“I”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *aku (“I”), from Proto-Austronesian *aku.
Pronunciation edit
Pronoun edit
akó (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜃᜓ)
- 1st person nominative pronoun: I; me
- Synonym: (gay slang) watashi
- Pupunta po ako sa simbahan, Inay.
- I am going to church, Mother.
- Bigyan mo ako ng makakain.
- Give me something to eat.
- Akong ako 'to.
- This is really me.
Derived terms edit
See also edit
Person | Number | Direct (ang) | Indirect (ng) | Oblique (sa) |
---|---|---|---|---|
First | singular | ako | ko | akin |
dual* | kita, kata | nita, nata, ta | kanita, kanata, ata | |
plural inclusive | tayo | natin | atin | |
plural exclusive | kami | namin | amin | |
First & Second | singular | kita** | ||
Second | singular | ikaw, ka | mo | iyo |
plural | kayo, kamo | ninyo, niyo | inyo | |
Third | singular | siya | niya | kaniya |
plural | sila | nila | kanila | |
* First person dual pronouns are not commonly used. ** Replaces "ko ikaw". |
Etymology 2 edit
From Proto-Philippine *akuʔ (“accept responsibility”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *aku (“I; claim as one's own; mine”), from Proto-Austronesian *aku.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
akò (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜃᜓ)
- act of assuming the responsibility, obligation, or duties
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
Ternate edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ako
References edit
- Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh
West Albay Bikol edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Philippine *ʔakúʔ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)aku, from Proto-Austronesian *(i-)aku.
Pronoun edit
ako (personal pronoun)
- I (personal pronoun)
Ye'kwana edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ako
References edit
- Costa, Isabella Coutinho; Silva, Marcelo Costa da; Rodrigues, Edmilson Magalhães (2021), “ako”, in Portal Japiim: Dicionário Ye'kwana, Museu do Índio/FUNAI