aka-

See also: Appendix:Variations of "aka"

Aka-Bea

Prefix

aka-

  1. prefix attached to words relating to the mouth and tongue, such as the names of languages

Aka-Bo

Prefix

aka-

  1. prefix attached to words relating to the mouth, such as the names of languages

Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Central-Eastern Polynesian *ata-. Compare Maori āta.

Prefix

aka-

  1. prefix to verbs expressing "carefully, slowly"
    ‎aka- + ‎noho (“to sit”) → ‎akanoho (“to sit quietly”)
    ‎aka- + ‎ʻai (“to eat”) → ‎akaʻai (“to eat slowly”)

Derived terms

Hawaiian terms prefixed with aka-
akahele
akaʻai

Further reading

Japanese

Romanization

aka-

  1. Rōmaji transcription of あか
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