See also: Anka, -anka, and änka

Japanese

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Romanization

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anka

  1. Rōmaji transcription of あんか

Kabuverdianu

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Etymology

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From Portuguese anca.

Noun

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anka

  1. hip (upper part of the leg)

Latvian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Balto-Slavic *ankas, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂onk-, from *h₂enk-. Cognate with Lithuanian ánka (loop, ring), Proto-Slavic *ǫkotь, Ancient Greek ὄγκος (ónkos), Latin uncus, Sanskrit अङ्क (aṅká).

Noun

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añka ? (??? please provide the declension type!)

  1. rope used to fasten a sail to a mast

References

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  • Derksen, Rick (2015) “anka”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 56

Lithuanian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Balto-Slavic *ankas, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ónkos.

Noun

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ánka f (plural ánkos) stress pattern 1

  1. (dialectal) loop, ring
    Synonyms: kilpa, grandis, ąsa

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Quechua

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Noun

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anka

  1. eagle
  2. (Cuzco) bird of prey
    Synonym: aqchi

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Rwanda-Rundi

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Verb

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-ânka (infinitive kwânka, perfective -ânse)

  1. (Kirundi) hate, dislike
  2. (Kirundi) reject, refuse

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Swedish

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Etymology

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From earlier Old Swedish and-kona (duck-woman); see and (wild duck) and kona (woman).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈaŋˌka/
  • Audio:(file)
 
anka

Noun

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anka c

  1. domesticated duck
  2. Synonym of tidningsanka

Declension

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Declension of anka 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative anka ankan ankor ankorna
Genitive ankas ankans ankors ankornas

Descendants

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  • Finnish: ankka

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Tok Pisin

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Etymology

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From English anchor.

Noun

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anka

  1. anchor

Verb

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anka

  1. to anchor