aker
English
Noun
aker (plural akers)
- Obsolete spelling of acre
- 1858, Jonathan Brown Bright, The Brights of Suffolk, Digitized edition, published 2006, page 127:
- … crope of an aker might have been worth=3 p aker ...
- 1859, New England Historic Genealogical Society, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register, Digitized edition, S.G. Drake, published 2009, page 295:
- That all rates that shall arise upon the Towne shall be layed upon Lands accordinge to every ones p'portion aker for aker of howse lotts and aker for aker of meddowe both alike on this side and both alike on the other side …
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Derived terms
- aker-staf
References
- Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Anagrams
- KERA, Kear, Kera, Rake, rake, reak
Basque
Etymology
From Proto-Basque *akeR.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aker/, [a.ke̞r]
Noun
aker anim
- he-goat, billy goat
Declension
| Declension of aker (animate, ending in -r) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | singular | plural | |
| absolutive | aker | akerra | akerrak |
| ergative | akerrek | akerrak | akerrek |
| dative | akerri | akerrari | akerrei |
| genitive | akerren | akerraren | akerren |
| comitative | akerrekin | akerrarekin | akerrekin |
| causative | akerrengatik | akerrarengatik | akerrengatik |
| benefactive | akerrentzat | akerrarentzat | akerrentzat |
| instrumental | akerrez | akerraz | akerrez |
| inessive | akerrengan | akerrarengan | akerrengan |
| locative | — | — | — |
| allative | akerrengana | akerrarengana | akerrengana |
| terminative | akerrenganaino | akerrarenganaino | akerrenganaino |
| directive | akerrenganantz | akerrarenganantz | akerrenganantz |
| destinative | akerrenganako | akerrarenganako | akerrenganako |
| ablative | akerrengandik | akerrarengandik | akerrengandik |
| partitive | akerrik | — | — |
| prolative | akertzat | — | — |
Related terms
- akelarre
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈaː.kər/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: a‧ker
- Rhymes: -aːkər
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch aker, eker, haker, from Old Dutch *aker, from Latin aquarium.
Noun
aker m (plural akers, diminutive akertje n)
- (Southern) bucket
- Synonym: emmer
- (historical) metal well bucket
- Synonym: putemmer
- (dated, Eastern Netherlands) kettle
Related terms
- aquarium
Etymology 2
From Middle Dutch aker, from Old Dutch *akaran, from Proto-Germanic *akraną.
Noun
aker m (plural akers, diminutive akertje n)
- (archaic) acorn
Synonyms
- eikel
Noun
aker m (plural akers, diminutive akertje n)
- (obsolete) acre
Kabyle
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Verb
aker (intensive aorist yettaker, aorist yaker, preterite yuker, negative preterite yukir, verbal noun tukerḍa)
- to steal
- Ur ukireɣ ara yiwet n tɣawsa!
- I didn't steal a single thing!
Derived terms
- ttwaker
Middle English
Alternative forms
- acre
Etymology
From Old English æcer, from Proto-West Germanic *ak(k)r, from Proto-Germanic *akraz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵros.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈaːkər/, /ˈakər/
Noun
aker (plural akers)
- field (piece of arable land)
- acre (land measure of 160 rods square (though actually varying in size, both regionally and in time), usually described as 40 rods/1 furlong long and 4 rods wide.)
Descendants
- English: acre
- Norwegian Bokmål: acre
- Scots: acre, acker, ackre, accre, aacre, awker
- Yola: aager
References
- “āker, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Old Swedish
Alternative forms
- akker, āker (late)
Etymology
From Old Norse akr, from Proto-Germanic *akraz.
Noun
aker m
- field, cultivated land
Declension
| masculine | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | aker | akrin | akrar | akranir, akraner |
| accusative | aker | akrin | akra | akrana |
| dative | akri, akre | akrinum, akrenom | akrum, akrom | akrumin, akromen |
| genitive | akers | akrsins | akra | akranna |
Descendants
- Swedish: åker
Scots
Noun
aker (plural akers)
- Shetland form of awkir
References
- “aker, n.2” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.
Serbo-Croatian
Noun
aker m (Cyrillic spelling акер)
- acre
Vilamovian
Noun
aker m
- field (wide, open space used to grow crops)