ako

See also: áko and àkọ̀

Akan

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ako/

Noun

ako

  1. parrot

Asi

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *ʔakúʔ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)aku, from Proto-Austronesian *(i-)aku.

Pronoun

akó

  1. I (first-person singular pronoun)

Ewe

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ako/

Noun

ako (plural akowo)

  1. parrot

Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *qato, from Proto-Oceanic, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *qatəp, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qatəp.

Verb

ako

  1. (transitive) to thatch

Inonhan

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *ʔakúʔ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)aku, from Proto-Austronesian *(i-)aku.

Pronoun

ako

  1. I (personal pronoun)

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈakɔ/

Adverb

ako

  1. like, as

Synonyms

Conjunction

ako

  1. like, as

Synonyms

Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian.

Verb

ako

  1. to learn

Mapudungun
Garlic

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish ajo.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /aˈko/

Noun

ako (using Raguileo, Unified and Azümchefe Alphabets)

  1. garlic

Synonyms

Quitemo

Noun

ako

  1. 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

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *jako.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /âko/
  • Hyphenation: a‧ko

Conjunction

ȁko (Cyrillic spelling а̏ко)

  1. if
    ako ovo je kraj ― if this is the end
Usage notes

To express a subjunctive mood, da or kad are more commonly used instead.

Synonyms

Slovak

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *jako.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈakɔ/

Conjunction

ako

  1. as
  2. like

Further reading
  • ako in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

Swahili

Adjective

-ako (declinable)

  1. your (second-person singular possessive adjective)

Inflection
Inflected forms of -ako
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
Swahili possessive adjectives
singular plural
1st person -angu -etu
2nd person -ako -enu
3rd person -ake -ao (animate) / -ake (inanimate)

Tagalog

Etymology 1

From Proto-Philippine *ʔakúʔ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)aku, from Proto-Austronesian *(i-)aku.

Pronoun

akó (personal pronoun)

  1. I (personal pronoun)
  2. me
See also
Tagalog personal pronouns
Person Number Direct (ang) Indirect (ng) Oblique (sa)
First singular ako ko akin
dual kita/kata* nita/nata* 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 ninyo inyo
Third singular siya niya kaniya
plural sila nila kanila
*not commonly used

Etymology 2

Verb root

akò (root word)

  1. to take responsibility
Derived terms
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