ake

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ake"

Translingual

Etymology

Clipping of English Akawaio with e as a placeholder.

Symbol

ake

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Akawaio.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Akawaio terms

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English aken, from Old English acan (“to ache”), from Proto-West Germanic *akan, from Proto-Germanic *akaną (“to ache”). More at ache.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eɪk/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -eɪk
• Homophone: ache

Verb

ake (third-person singular simple present akes, present participle aking, simple past aked or oke, past participle aked or oke or aken)

1. Obsolete spelling of ache.
   • ... for let our finger ake, / And it endues our other heathfull members — Othello (Quarto 1), Shakespeare, 1622
   • 1766, James Beattie, “[Miscellany Poems.] The Wolf and Shepherds, a Fable.”, in Poems on Several Subjects. […], new edition, London: […] W. Johnston, […], →OCLC, stanza 3, pages 113–114:

     And that thing made of ſound and ſhovv / VVhich mortals have miſnamed A Beau, / (But in the language of the ſky / Is call'd a tvvolegg'd butterfly) / VVill make your very heartſtrings ake / VVith loud and everlaſting clack, […]

   • 1909, Henry C. Shelley, Inns and Taverns of Old London‎^[3], text edition, The Gutenberg Project, published 2004:

     instead he went with the rogues to supper in an arbour, though it made his heart "ake" to listen to their mad talk.

Noun

ake (plural akes)

1. Obsolete spelling of ache.
   • 2015, LT Wolf, The World King (fiction), →ISBN:

     The ake of months of a growing firenlust became a rising queem til at last there was the burst of loosing that almost made his knees buckle.

Derived terms

• backake
• bellyake
• headake
• heartake
• toothake

Etymology 2

Noun

ake (plural akes)

1. (Cornwall, obsolete) The groove made in a stone forming part of a killock.
   • 1913, Leonard George Carr Laughton, Roger Charles Anderson, William Gordon Perrin, The Mariner's Mirror (volume 3, page 300)

     Returning with the timber portions of his anchor, to the stone, he would assemble all together […] The ake would be the slightly hollowed part of the stone that fitted closely to the sides […]

Anagrams

• eka-, kea

Bantik

Etymology

From Proto-Sangiric *ake. Often compared with Ternate ake.

Noun

ake

1. water

References

• ABVD

Galela

Etymology

From Proto-North Halmahera *aker (“water”).

Noun

ake

1. water

References

• Donald A. Burquest, Wyn D. Laidig, Descriptive studies in languages of Maluku, volume 2 (1995), page 6:

  Tabaru Galela

  [ˈakere] 'water' [ˈake] 'water'

• Robinson Ipol, Yosafat Etha, Deidre Shelden, Galela conversations (1989): ake

Gothic

Romanization

akē

1. romanization of 𐌰𐌺𐌴

Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *qate, from Proto-Central Pacific *qate, from Proto-Oceanic *qate, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *qatay, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *qatay, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qatay, from Proto-Austronesian *qaCay. Cognates include Māori ate and Samoan ate. Compare Māori ate for similar semantic connections with expressions of emotion.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.ke/, [ˈɐ.ke]

Noun

ake

1. (anatomy) liver (organ of the body)

Derived terms

• akemāmā

Verb

ake

1. (transitive) to yearn for, desire

References

• Pukui, Mary Kawena; Elbert, Samuel H. (1986), “kuli”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, →ISBN, page 13

Japanese

Romanization

ake

1. Rōmaji transcription of あけ

Māori

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈake/ [ˈɐkɛ]

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Particle

ake

1. up, upward

Derived terms

• āke, ake, ake

Etymology 2

From Proto-Polynesian *ake (“Zanthoxylum”). Cognates include Hawaiian aʻe (“soapberries esp. Sapindus saponaria, Zanthoxylum in general”), Rarotongan akeake (“ibid.”), Tahitian aʻeaʻe (“Sapindus saponaria”) and Tongan ake (“hardwood possibly Zanthoxylum pinnatum”).

Application to broadleaf hopbush due to similar trait of black seeds.

Noun

ake

1. broadleaf hopbush (Dodonaea viscosa)

Derived terms

• akeake

Middle English

Etymology 1

Conjunction

ake

1. alternative form of ac
   • approx. 1225, Hali Meidenhad (Holy Maidenhood)

     Not of low on earth, ake of the high in heaven.

   • approx. 1225, Homilies in Lambeth

     Those men.. have the name of Christians, ake though they are Christ's unwins (enemies).

   • approx. 1300, The Fox and the Wolf

     He was still, ne spake no-more, ake he worth athirst well sore.

   • circa 1350, Midland Prose Psalter

     Blessed be the man that.. ne set nowt in false judgement. Ake his will was in the will of our Lord.

   • circa 1390, Walter Hilton, On the Mixed Life

     This thought is good.. ake if a man may not lightly have salvation ne devotion in it, I hold it not speedful.

   • approx. 1450, South English Legendary: Temporale

     It ... rotted fast; ake that flesh and that blood rotteth never-more.

Etymology 2

Noun

ake

1. alternative form of ache (“aching”)

Etymology 3

Noun

ake

1. (Yorkshire) alternative form of ok (“oak”)

Etymology 4

Verb

ake

1. alternative form of aken

Norwegian Bokmål

Sledding at Frognerseteren in Oslo.

Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse aka (“to drive, ride”), from Proto-Germanic *akaną (“to drive, travel by vehicle”), ultimately from *h₂eǵ- (“to drive”). Doublet of åke.

Compare Norwegian Nynorsk aka and Norwegian Nynorsk ake (“to slide, sled”), Icelandic aka (“to drive”), Faroese aka (“to drive”), Danish age (“to drive, ride”) and Swedish åka (“to ride, travel by vehicle”). More distant cognates include Latin agō (“to drive, do”), Ancient Greek ἄγω (ágō, “to lead, drive”) and Sanskrit अजति (ajati, “to drive, propel”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²ɑː.kə/, [ˈɑ̂ː.kə̌]
• Rhymes: -ɑːkə
• Hyphenation: a‧ke

Verb

ake (imperative ak, present tense aker, passive akes, simple past akte, supine akt, past participle akt, present participle akende, verbal noun aking)

1. (dialectal, obsolete, archaic) to drive or ride in a vehicle, sleigh or similar conveyance; to be given a ride
   • 1858, Nicolai Ramm Østgaard, Fra Skov og Fjeld, page 21:

     paa saadan en … trælastvogn fik jeg age et langt stykke vei opover

     on such a … timber wagon I was allowed to ride a long way uphill

   • 1899, G.A. Gjessing, Den ældre Edda, page 82:

     age vi to skal i jotunheim

     we two shall ride to Jotunheim

   • 1916, Tryggve Andersen, Samlede fortællinger, volume I, page 171:

     nede i dalsøkket agede en skyds sagtelig afsted

     down in the hollow, a conveyance drove slowly along

   • 1920, Sigrid Undset, Kransen, page 68:

     en kveld … kom Sira Sigurd, Trond Gjeslings husprest, akende i storslæde

     one evening … Sira Sigurd, Trond Gjesling's chaplain, came riding in a large sleigh

   • 1935, Magnhild Haalke, Allis sønn, page 49:

     to svarte hester ók efter veien

     two black horses travelled along the road

   • 2008 December 23, Adresseavisen, page 33:

     har jeg kjøpt togbillett forventer jeg å få ake med tog

     if I have bought a train ticket, I expect to be allowed to ride the train

   akende post (historical) — a coach service carrying passengers, luggage and mail

   • 1900, Hans E. Kinck, Fru Anny Porse, page 19:

     [de tok] med den agende post til København

     [they travelled] with the mail coach to Copenhagen

2. to sled, sledge or toboggan; to slide downhill on a sled, sledge or similar object

   Synonyms: renne, skli

   ake seg fordervet — to injure oneself while sledding

   • 1879, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, Norske Folke- og Huldre-Eventyr, page 31:

     jeg og brødrene mine foer og agede paa slodde

     my brothers and I went sledding on a drag sled

   • 1920, Peter Egge, Inde i Fjordene, page 16:

     du har lekt med dem [bøndene] som barn, aket med dem i kjelkebakke

     you played with them [the farmers] as a child and sledded with them on the sledding hill

   • 1974, Einar Gerhardsen, Unge år, page 26:

     om vinteren kunne vi ake kjelke og stå på ski i Grünerhagen

     in winter we could go sledding and skiing in Grünerhagen

   • 2005 October 26, Stavanger Aftenblad, page 5:

     hardhausene trosset isende vind, kastet snøballer og akte på rumpebrett

     the hardy ones defied the icy wind, threw snowballs and sledded on plastic sleds

   • 2015 January 6, Bergensavisen, page 6:

     jeg brakk foten da jeg akte med rattkjelke i februar

     I broke my foot while sledding on a steering sled in February

   ake kjelkebakke (obsolete) — to go sledding down a hill

   • 1882, Jonas Lie, Gaa paa!, page 106:

     nede i kanalen havde de aget lystig kjælkebakke

     down in the canal they had merrily gone sledding

3. to slide, glide or scoot; to move slowly or carefully, especially while sitting or lying

   Synonyms: gli, åle

   • 1926, Olaf Benneche, Den dyre muld, page 5:

     gutungen hadde straks eket sig frem til moren

     the boy had immediately scooted himself over to his mother

   1. to glide or drift slowly, especially of a large object or mass
      • 1903, Otto Sverdrup, Nyt Land, volume I, page 234:

        ned til den store bugt … kom der agende en stor opsprukken bræ

        down towards the large bay … came a large, fractured glacier drifting

   2. (reflexive) to scoot, edge or inch gradually in a direction; to manoeuvre oneself carefully forward or sideways
      • 1903, Otto Sverdrup, Nyt Land, volume II, page 51:

        [Schei og Fosheim] vilde gjerne age sig forbi dem [polaroksene], da de ikke fandt, at tiden tillod dem nogen vidtløftigheder

        [Schei and Fosheim] wished to edge their way past them [the musk oxen], as they did not feel they had time for any complications

      • 1903, Otto Sverdrup, Nyt Land, volume II, page 92:

        vinden … agede sig lidt længer paa nord

        the wind … edged a little farther towards the north

      • 2014 December 8, Bergens Tidende, page 4:

        den standhaftige damen klarte å ake seg bortover stuegulvet og fikk ringt etter hjelp

        the determined woman managed to scoot across the living-room floor and call for help

      • 2016, Helene Uri, Hålke, page 120:

        han aker seg tett inntil henne, under dynen

        he scoots close to her beneath the duvet

      • 2018, Monica Isakstuen, Rase, page 80:

        han aker seg av stolen og tusler mot kjøkkenet

        he slides off the chair and shuffles towards the kitchen

Derived terms

• akebakke (“sledding hill”)
• akebrett (“sledding board, sled”)
• akedoning (“sledding or snow conveyance”)
• akefart (“sledding trip; sledding speed”)
• akeføre (“sledding conditions”)
• aker (“sledder, luge athlete”)
• akeskyss (“horse-drawn ride”)
• akesport (“competitive sledding”)
• aketur (“sledding trip”)
• akevei (“sled track, sledding run”)

References

• “ake” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “ake” in Norwegian Academy Dictionary (NAOB).

Anagrams

• kea

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²ɑː.kə/

Verb

ake (present tense ek or akar, past tense ok or aka, supine eke or aka, past participle eken or aka, present participle akande, imperative ak)

1. e-infinitive form of aka

References

• “ake” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Ratahan

Etymology

From Proto-Sangiric *ake. Often compared with Ternate ake.

Noun

ake

1. water

References

• J. N. Sneddon, The Languages of Minahasa, North Celebes (1970)
• J. N. Sneddon, Proto-Sangiric & the Sangiric Languages (1984), page 61

Scots

Noun

ake (plural akes)

1. alternative form of aik

Swahili

Etymology

Cognate with Chichewa -ake (“3rd person singular possessive adjective”), Yao (Africa) -akwe (“3rd person singular possessive adjective”) and Zulu -khe.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Adjective

-ake (declinable)

1. his/her/its (third-person singular possessive adjective)
2. their (third-person plural inanimate possessive adjective)

Inflection

Inflected forms of -ake

Noun class	singular	plural
m-wa class(I/II)	wake	wake
m-mi class(III/IV)	wake	yake
ji-ma class(V/VI)	lake	yake
ki-vi class(VII/VIII)	chake	vyake
n class(IX/X)	yake	zake
u class(XI)	wake	see n(X) or ma(VI) class
pa class(XVI)	pake
ku class(XVII)	kwake
mu class(XVIII)	mwake

See also

Swahili possessive adjectives

			singular	plural
1st person			-angu	-etu
2nd person			-ako	-enu
3rd person			-ake	-ao (animate) -ake (inanimate)

Ternate

Etymology

From Proto-North Halmahera *aker (“water”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈa.ke]

Noun

ake

1. water

   ake besa ― rainwater

Derived terms

• ake sahu

References

• Yuiti Wada, Correspondance of Consonants in North Halmahera Languages (1980)
• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001), A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Tidore

Etymology

From Proto-North Halmahera *aker (“water”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.ke/

Noun

ake

1. water

References

• Joost Pikkert, Cheryl Pikkert, Husain Mahifa (1994), Kamus Bahasa Tidore, Indonesia, Inggris