aks
English edit
Etymology edit
From Old English acsian (“ask”); see ax for more.
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Verb edit
aks (third-person singular simple present aks or akses, present participle aksing, simple past and past participle aksed)
- (dialectal, now chiefly West Africa, African-American Vernacular, MLE, Bermuda, West Country, Maori English and Ireland) To ask.
- 1865, William Stott Banks, A List of Provincial Words in Use at Wakefield in Yorkshire[1], London: J.R.Smith, page 3:
- AKS, ask.
- 2004, Larry Dean Hamilton, A Gathering of Angels, page 132:
- Another thing, kid, don't aks me no more questions tonight.
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Danish edit
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Noun edit
aks n (singular definite akset, plural indefinite aks)
Inflection edit
Dutch edit
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Etymology edit
From Middle Dutch aex, from Old Dutch *acus.
Pronunciation edit
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aks f (plural aksen)
Descendants edit
Jamaican Creole edit
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aks
- ask
- Aks Teddy ef 'im a guh a farin nex' week.
- Ask Teddy if he's going to the USA next week.
- 2013, Loron-Jon Stokes, Citizen Class 5, →ISBN, page 267:
- “"Mi cyan gi'e teh yeh deh t'ings yeh aks fuh [...]”
- I can't give you the things you've asked for.
Further reading edit
- Richard Allsopp, editor (1996) Dictionary of Caribbean English Usage, Kingston, Jamaica: University of the West Indies Press, published 2003, →ISBN, page 20
Nigerian Pidgin edit
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aks
Norwegian Bokmål edit
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aks n (definite singular akset, indefinite plural aks, definite plural aksa or aksene)
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- “aks” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
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aks n (definite singular akset, indefinite plural aks, definite plural aksa)
- ear (fruiting body of a grain plant)
Derived terms edit
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- “aks” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Tsimshian edit
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aks
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aks
References edit
- John Asher Dunn, Sm'algyax: A Reference Dictionary and Grammar (1995, →ISBN
Turkish edit
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Noun edit
aks (definite accusative aksi, plural aksler)
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- “aks”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
Uzbek edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Arabic عَكْس (ʕaks). Compare Turkish akis (“reverse, opposite”)
Adjective edit
aks (comparative aksroq, superlative eng aks)