ako
Akan
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ako/
Noun
ako
- parrot
Aklanon
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)aku.
Pronoun
ako
- I
Alangan
Pronoun
akó
- I; me
Asi
Etymology
From Proto-Philippine *ʔakúʔ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)aku, from Proto-Austronesian *(i-)aku.
Pronoun
akó
- I (first-person singular pronoun)
Bikol Central
Etymology 1
From Proto-Philippine *ʔakúʔ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)aku, from Proto-Austronesian *(i-)aku.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: a‧ko
- IPA(key): /ʔaˈko/
Pronoun
akó
- I; me (first-person singular pronoun)
See also
| 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 | ||||
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: a‧ko
- IPA(key): /ˈʔakoʔ/
Verb
akò
- to accept; to admit
Derived terms
- akuon
- mag-ako
- pag-ako
See also
- bawal
- sayuma
- tugot
- uyon
Cebuano
Alternative forms
- aco (obsolete)
- aho (Bohol)
Etymology
From Proto-Philippine *ʔakúʔ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)aku, from Proto-Austronesian *(i-)aku.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: a‧ko
- (General Cebuano)
- IPA(key): /ʔaˈko/, [ʔʌˈku]
- (Bohol)
- IPA(key): /ʔaˈho/, [ʔʌˈhu]
Pronoun
akó
- I; me (first-person singular pronoun)
See also
| Person | Number | Absolute (ang/si) | Ergative (sa/ni) | Ergative (preposed) | Oblique (sa/og) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ako/
Noun
ako (plural akowo)
- parrot
Hawaiian
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *qato, from Proto-Oceanic *qatop, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qatəp.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈa.ko/, [ˈɐko]
Verb
ako
- (transitive) to thatch
References
- “ako” in the Hawaiian Dictionary, Revised and Enlarged Edition, University of Hawaii Press, 1986
Hiligaynon
Pronoun
ako
- I
Indonesian
Etymology
From Hakka 阿哥 (â-kô, “elder brother”). Doublet of akeo and engkoh.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /akeo/
- Hyphenation: a‧keo
Noun
ako (first-person possessive akoku, second-person possessive akomu, third-person possessive akonya)
- son
Further reading
- “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
Etymology
From Proto-Philippine *ʔakúʔ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)aku, from Proto-Austronesian *(i-)aku.
Pronoun
ako
- I (personal pronoun)
Lower Sorbian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈakɔ/
Adverb
ako
- like, as
Synonyms
- kaž
Conjunction
ako
- like, as
Synonyms
- kaž
Further reading
- 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
Etymology
From aku, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)aku.
Pronoun
ako
- I
Maori
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian.
Verb
ako
- to learn
Mapudungun
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish ajo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈko/
Noun
ako (Unified spelling, Raguileo spelling, Azumchefi spelling)
- garlic
Synonyms
- asus
Maranao
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)aku.
Pronoun
ako
- I
Quitemo
Noun
ako
- water
References
- 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
Etymology
From Proto-Philippine *ʔakúʔ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)aku, from Proto-Austronesian *(i-)aku.
Pronoun
akó
- I (first-person singular pronoun)
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *jako (“how, in which way”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /âko/
- Hyphenation: a‧ko
Conjunction
ȁko (Cyrillic spelling а̏ко)
- if
- ako ovo je kraj ― if this is the end
Usage notes
Ako is used to express indicative mood; to express subjunctive mood, da or kad are generally used instead.
Synonyms
- če, či (Kajkavian)
Slovak
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *jako (“how, in which way”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈakɔ/
Conjunction
ako
- as
- like
Further reading
- ako in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk
Swahili
Pronunciation
Audio (Kenya) (file)
Adjective
-ako (declinable)
- your (second-person singular possessive adjective)
Inflection
| Noun class | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| M-wa class | wako | wako |
| M-mi class | wako | yako |
| Ma class | lako | yako |
| Ki-vi class | chako | vyako |
| N class | yako | zako |
| U class | wako | zako |
| Pa class | pako | pako |
| Ku class | kwako | kwako |
| Mu class | mwako | mwako |
See also
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | -angu | -etu | ||
| 2nd person | -ako | -enu | ||
| 3rd person | -ake | -ao (animate) / -ake (inanimate) | ||
Tagalog
Alternative forms
- aco – Abecedario orthography, obsolete
- aq – text messaging slang
- aketch, akiz – gay slang
Etymology 1
From Proto-Philippine *akú (“I”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *aku (“I”), from Proto-Austronesian *aku. Doublet of akò.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: a‧ko
- IPA(key): /ʔaˈko/, [ʔɐˈxo]
Pronoun
akó (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜃᜓ)
- I (personal pronoun); me
- Pupunta poako sa simbahan, Inay. ― I am going to church, Mother.
- Bigyan mo ako ng makakain. ― Give me something to eat.
Derived terms
- ako si
- kaakuhan
- maako
- makaako
- wala akong paki
See also
| 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
From Proto-Philippine *akuʔ (“accept responsibility”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *aku (“I, can also mean claim as one's own; mine”), from Proto-Austronesian *aku. Doublet of akó.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: a‧ko
- IPA(key): /ˈʔakoʔ/, [ˈʔa.xoʔ]
Noun
akò (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜃᜓ)
- act of assuming the responsibility, obligation, or duties
Derived terms
- akong napapako
- akong tapon
- akuin
- iako
- ipangako
- mangako
- mapagpangako
- mapangako
- pangako
- pangakuan
- tagaako
- umako
Ternate
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈʔa.ko]
Noun
ako
- penis
References
- Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh
West Albay Bikol
Etymology
From Proto-Philippine *ʔakúʔ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)aku, from Proto-Austronesian *(i-)aku.
Pronoun
ako (personal pronoun)
- I (personal pronoun)