ako

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ako"

Translingual

Symbol

ako

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

See also

  • Wiktionary’s coverage of Akurio terms

Akan

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ako/

Noun

ako

  1. parrot

Aklanon

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)aku.

Pronoun

ako

  1. I

Alangan

Pronoun

akó

  1. I; me

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)

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/ [ʔaˈko]

Pronoun

akó (Basahan spelling ᜀᜃᜓ)

  1. I; me (first-person singular pronoun)
See also
Bikol Central personal pronouns
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


Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: a‧ko
  • IPA(key): /ˈʔakoʔ/ [ˈʔa.koʔ]

Noun

akò (Basahan spelling ᜀᜃᜓ)

  1. acceptance; admission
    Antonym: sayuma
Derived terms
  • akuon
  • mag-ako
  • pag-ako
See also

Cebuano

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

From Proto-Philippine *akú (“I”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *aku (“I”), from Proto-Austronesian *aku.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔaˈko/ [ʔɐˈko]
  • Hyphenation: a‧ko

Pronoun

akó (Badlit spelling ᜀᜃᜓ)

  1. 1st person direct-marked pronoun: I, me
    ako lang ― I'll do it
    nipalit ko sa sinina ― I bought the dress
    anak ko sa Ginoo ― I am a child of God
    ako ang nikaon ― I am the one who ate
Usage notes
  • Direct-marked (focused) pronouns are commonly placed after the verb, or the first noun of the nominal predicate that they modify. Pronouns in this position are almost always in their short form (in this case, ko); the full form (ako) may be used to make the sentence sound more formal, or it may be placed before the verb or noun which gives the same effect.
    nikaon ko og mansanas ― I ate an apple (casual)
    nikaon ako og mansanas ― I ate an apple (formal)
    ako nikaon og mansanas ― I ate an apple (formal)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Austronesian *akən (“1sg oblique”). Cognate with Hiligaynon akon, Tagalog akin.

Pronunciation

Pronoun

akò (Badlit spelling ᜀᜃᜓ)

  1. 1st person preposed indirect-marked pronoun
    1. (possessive) my; mine
      Coordinate terms: akoa, (postposed) nako
      akong balay ― my house
    2. (object of verb) (by) me, I
      ako/akong gipalit ang sinina
      The dress was bought by me/I bought the dress

See also

Cebuano personal pronouns
direct indirect (postposed) indirect (preposed) oblique
Length: full short1 full short2 base suffixed -a full short
singular first person akó ko nakò3 ko3 akò akoa kanakò nakò
second person ikáw ka nimo mo imo imoha kanimo nimo
third person siyá niya iya iyaha kaniya niya
plural first
person 		inclusive kitá ta natò ta atò atoa kanatò natò
exclusive kamí mi namò amò amoa kanamò namò
second person kamó mo ninyo inyo inyoha kaninyo ninyo
third person silá nila ila ilaha kanila nila

1 Forms in this column are placed after the verb or predicate they modify, and never used at the start of sentences.
2 Forms in this column are literary and rarely used colloquially.
3 Ta is used over nako or ko where the focus is a second-person singular pronoun.


Ewe

Etymology

Likely onomatopoeic. Related to Akan ako, Ga akoo and Igbo okooko.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /á.kò/

Noun

ákò (definite singular ákò lá or ákòà, plural ákòwó, definite plural ákòàwó)

  1. parrot
  2. (more specifically) grey parrot (Psittacus erithacus)

References

  • Westermann, Dietrich Verfasser (1905) “ako”, in Wörterbuch der Ewe-Sprache [Dictionary of the Ewe language]‎[1] (in German), Berlin: Dietrich Reimer, section I, page 270
  • Westermann, Dietrich Verfasser (1906) “ako”, in Wörterbuch der Ewe-Sprache [Dictionary of the Ewe language]‎[2] (in German), Berlin: Dietrich Reimer, section II, page 136
  • Jim-Fugar, Dr. M.K.N., Jim-Fugar, Nicholine (2017) “ako”, in Nuseline's Ewe-English Dictionary, 1st edition, Togo: Independently published, →ISBN, page 17

Hanunoo

Etymology 1

From Proto-Philippine *akú (“I”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *aku (“I”), from Proto-Austronesian *aku.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔaˈku/ [ʔaˈko]
  • Rhymes: -u
  • Syllabification: a‧ko

Pronoun

akó (Hanunoo spelling ᜠᜣᜳ)

  1. 1st person nominative pronoun: I; me
    Synonyms: (literary) kaa, (literary) ho, (literary) hom

See also

Hanunoo personal pronouns
Person Number Direct Indirect Oblique
First singular ako niko kangko, kang
plural inclusive kita nita kanta
plural exclusive kami nimi kanmi
Second singular kawo, ka nimo kanmo
plural kamo niyo kanyo
Third singular siya niya kanya
plural sida nida kanda

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʔakuʔ/ [ˈʔa.koʔ]
  • Rhymes: -akuʔ
  • Syllabification: a‧ko

Noun

akò (Hanunoo spelling ᜠᜣᜳ)

  1. betterment; improvement
Derived terms
  • maakuan

Etymology 3

From Proto-Philippine *akuʔ (“accept responsibility”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *aku (“I; claim as one's own; mine”), from Proto-Austronesian *aku.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʔakuʔ/ [ˈʔa.koʔ]
  • Rhymes: -akuʔ
  • Syllabification: a‧ko

Noun

akò (Hanunoo spelling ᜠᜣᜳ)

  1. promise
Derived terms

Further reading

  • Conklin, Harold C. (1953) Hanunóo-English Vocabulary (University of California Publications in Linguistics), volume 9, London, England: University of California Press, →OCLC, page 23

Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *qato (compare with Maori ato),[1][2] from Proto-Oceanic *qatop, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qatəp (compare with Malay atap, Cebuano atop, Tagalog atip).[3]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈa.ko/, [ˈɐ.ko]

Noun

ako

  1. thatching

Verb

ako

  1. (transitive) to thatch

References

  1. ^ Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “ako”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, revised & enlarged edition, Honolulu, HI: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, page 14
  2. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “qato”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 50, number 2, pages 551-559
  3. ^ Ross, Malcolm D., Pawley, Andrew, Osmond, Meredith (1998) The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volume 1: Material Culture, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, pages 53-4

Hiligaynon

Pronoun

ako

  1. I

See also

Hiligaynon personal pronouns
absolute (ang/si) ergative (sa/ni) ergative (preposed) oblique (sa)
full short full short full
first singular ako ko* nakon ko akon sa akon
plural inclusive kita naton ta aton sa aton
plural exclusive kami namon amon sa amon
second singular ikaw ka nimo mo imo sa imo
plural kamo ninyo inyo sa inyo
third singular siya niya iya sa iya
plural sila nila ila sa ila

Indonesian

Etymology

From Hakka 阿哥 (â-kô, “elder brother”). Doublet of akeo and engkoh.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /akeo/
  • Hyphenation: a‧keo

Noun

ako (plural ako-ako)

  1. son

Further reading

Inonhan

Etymology

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

Pronoun

ako

  1. I (personal pronoun)

Japanese

Romanization

ako

  1. Rōmaji transcription of あこ

Kapampangan

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈako/ [ˈäː.xo]
  • Hyphenation: a‧ko

Pronoun

áku

  1. alternative spelling of aku
  2. alternative spelling of ngako
  3. alternative spelling of ngaku

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈa.kɔ/
  • Rhymes: -akɔ
  • Syllabification: a‧ko

Adverb

ako

  1. like, as
    Synonym: kaž

Conjunction

ako

  1. like, as
    Synonym: 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

  1. I

Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian.

Verb

ako (passive akohia or akona or akongia or akoria)

  1. to learn, to study

Derived terms

  • akoako (“consult together”, verb)
  • ākonga (“learner”)
  • akoranga (“learning”)

Further reading

  • “ako” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

Mapudungun

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish ajo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈko/

Noun

ako (Unified spelling, Raguileo spelling, Azumchefi spelling)

  1. garlic

Synonyms

Maranao

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)aku.

Pronoun

ako

  1. I

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

Ratagnon

Etymology

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

Pronoun

akó

  1. I (first-person singular pronoun)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *jako (“how, in which way”).

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

Ako is used to express indicative mood; to express subjunctive mood, da or kad are generally used instead.

Synonyms

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *jako (“how, in which way”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈakɔ]

Conjunction

ako

  1. as
  2. like

Further reading

  • “ako”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

Swahili

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Adjective

-ako (declinable)

  1. your (second-person singular possessive adjective)

Inflection

Inflected forms of -ako
Noun class singular plural
m-wa class(I/II) wako wako
m-mi class(III/IV) wako yako
ji-ma class(V/VI) lako yako
ki-vi class(VII/VIII) chako vyako
n class(IX/X) yako zako
u class(XI) wako see n(X) or ma(VI) class
pa class(XVI) pako
ku class(XVII) kwako
mu class(XVIII) mwako

See also

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

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

From Proto-Philippine *akú (“I”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *aku (“I”), from Proto-Austronesian *aku.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔaˈko/ [ʔɐˈxo]
  • Rhymes: -o
  • Syllabification: a‧ko

Pronoun

akó (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜃᜓ)

  1. 1st person nominative pronoun: I; me
    Synonym: (gay slang) watashi
    Pupunta po ako sa simbahan, Inay.
    I am going to church, Mother.
    Bigyan mo ako ng makakain.
    Give me something to eat.
    Akong ako 'to.
    This is really me.
Derived terms
See also
Tagalog personal pronouns
Person Number Direct (ang) Indirect (ng) Oblique (sa)
First singular ako ko akin
dual1 kita, kata nita, nata, ta kanita, kanata, ata
plural inclusive tayo natin atin
plural exclusive kami namin amin
First & Second singular kita2
Second singular ikaw, ka mo iyo
plural kayo, kamo ninyo, niyo inyo
Third singular siya niya kaniya
plural sila nila kanila
1 First person dual pronouns are not commonly used in Standard Tagalog.
2 Replaces ko ikaw.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Philippine *akuʔ (“accept responsibility”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *aku (“I; claim as one's own; mine”), from Proto-Austronesian *aku.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈʔakoʔ/ [ˈʔaː.xoʔ]
  • Rhymes: -akoʔ
  • Syllabification: a‧ko

Noun

akò (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜃᜓ)

  1. act of assuming the responsibility, obligation, or duties
Derived terms

Further reading

  • “ako”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*aku”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Anagrams

Ternate

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈʔa.ko]

Noun

ako

  1. 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)

  1. I (personal pronoun)

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies
ALIV ako
Brazilian standard ako
New Tribes aco

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ako]

Noun

ako

  1. mortar and pestle

References

  • Costa, Isabella Coutinho, Silva, Marcelo Costa da, Rodrigues, Edmilson Magalhães (2021) “ako”, in Portal Japiim: Dicionário Ye'kwana‎[3], Museu do Índio/FUNAI
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