aq
English edit
Noun edit
aq
- (chemistry) Abbreviation of aqueous solution.
Adjective edit
aq (not comparable)
- as quoted (used on a menu to indicate that the price is not listed because it varies depending on the composition of a dish (as in a charcuterie or cheese platter) or because it is particularly high)
Usage notes edit
- The abbreviation mp (“market price”) is more common, but mp is formally only correct if the price of the ingredients changes (as for seafood), not if the price of the dish changes due to the composition changing.
Synonyms edit
- mp (market price)
- price available upon request
References edit
- A.Q. abbreviation on restaurant menus, Google answers (on Wayback machine)
- (Not about) Food words I'd like to never see again. – Das Ubergeek, Feb 28, 2009
Anagrams edit
Albanian edit
Alternative forms edit
- aqë — earlier
Etymology edit
Ultimately a formation from Proto-Indo-European *kʷ-. Akin to kaq for which compare Proto-Slavic *jakъ ~ *kakъ.
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
aq
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References edit
- “aq”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language][1] (in Albanian), 1980, page 43ab
- Demiraj, B. (1997), “áqë”, in Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: […]] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7) (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 80
- Meyer, G. (1891), “aḱɛ”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, , page 7
- Orel, Vladimir E. (1998), “aq”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden; Boston; Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 6
Crimean Tatar edit
Adjective edit
aq
Indonesian edit
Alternative forms edit
Pronoun edit
aq
- (text messaging, slang) Abbreviation of aku.
Juǀ'hoan edit
Pronunciation edit
- The pharyngealized vowel IPA(key): /aˤ/
Letter edit
aq (upper case Aq)
- A letter of the Juǀ'hoan alphabet, written in the Latin script.
Kaqchikel edit
Alternative forms edit
- ak (obsolete)
Etymology edit
From Proto-Mayan *ahq. "Woodlouse" sense influenced by Spanish cochinilla (literally “little pig”).
Noun edit
aq
References edit
- Anonymous (17th c.) Uocabulario copioso de las lenguas cakchikel y ꜭiche[2] (in Spanish), page 3: “Ak. el puerco.”
- Brown, R. McKenna; Maxwell, Judith M.; Little, Walter E. (2006) ¿La ütz awäch? Introduction to Kaqchikel Maya Language, Austin: University of Texas Press, page 206
- Ruyán Canú, Déborah; Coyote Tum, Rafael; Munson L., Jo Ann (1991) Diccionario cakchiquel central y español[3] (in Spanish), Instituto Lingüístico de Verano de Centroamérica, page 5
Portuguese edit
Adverb edit
aq
- (Brazil, Internet slang, text messaging) Abbreviation of aqui (“here”).
Salar edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Turkic *āk. Cognate with Turkish ak.
Pronunciation edit
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aq
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Swedish edit
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aq
Turkish edit
Phrase edit
aq
- (Internet) Initialism of amına koyayım.
- bu iyi aq
- this is fucking good