akre
See also: åkre
Abau
Etymology
Possibly related to lakre akre.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /akre/
Verb
akre
- to win, overtake, take the lead.
Conjugation
| imperfective | perfective | |
|---|---|---|
| ∅ | akrê | akrè |
| manner prefixes | ||
| nak (acc (accompaniment)) |
nakakrê | nakakrè |
| hiy (caus (causative)) |
hiyakrê | hiyakrè |
| non (du (dual accompaniment)) |
nonakrê | nonakrè |
| saw (spd (speed, urgency)) |
sawakrê | sawakrè |
| kor (lim (limitation)) |
korakrê | korakrè |
| kiy (act (actuality)) |
kiyakrê | kiyakrè |
| nuw (int (intensity)) |
nuwakrê | nuwakrè |
| ma (rpt (repetitive)) |
maakrê | maakrè |
| directional prefixes | ||
| a (at some distance) |
aakrê | aakrè |
| amor (right there) |
amorakrê | amorakrè |
| am (near) |
amakrê | amakrè |
| ka (side) |
kaakrê | kaakrè |
| kay (across) |
kayakrê | kayakrè |
| lay (straight forward (horizontally)) |
layakrê | layakrè |
| lak (towards the river) |
lakakrê | lakakrè |
| lam (away from the river) |
lamakrê | lamakrè |
| lik (alongside the river, downstream) |
likakrê | likakrè |
| lim (alongside the river, upstream) |
limakrê | limakrè |
| kyor (downward (vertically)) |
kyorakrê | kyorakrè |
| ar (upward (vertically)) |
arakrê | arakrè |
References
- SIL International (2020) “Abau Dictionary”, in Webonary.org[1]
Esperanto
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈakre/
- Rhymes: -akre
- Hyphenation: a‧kre
Adverb
akre
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish acre, from English acre, from Middle English acre, aker, from Old English æcer (“field where crops are grown”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈʔakɾe/ [ˈʔak.ɾɛ]
- Rhymes: -akɾe
- Syllabification: ak‧re
Noun
akre (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜃ᜔ᜇᜒ)
- acre (unit of surface area)
- 1933, Ang Banal na kasulatan na kinalalamnan[2], American Bible Society:
- At yaon ang unang pagpatay na ginawa ni Jonathan at ng kaniyang tagadala ng sandata, sa may dalawang pung lalake, sa may pagitan ng kalahating akre ng lupa.
- And there was the first killing made by Jonathan and his weapons carrier, to the twenty men, in the middle of the half acre of land.
- 1961, Farm Progress Magazine[3], Agricultural Information Division, Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources.:
- Sa iba namang uri ng halaman gaya ng strawberry ay nakatitipid ng buhat sa $75 hanggang $100 sa bawa't akre […]
- On other types of plants like strawberry, causing to save around $75 up to $100 for every acre […]
- 1908, Ang Matandang Tipan sa makatuid baga, i, el Antiguo Testamento nang Santa Biblia[4], American Bible Society:
- Sapagkat sampuong akre ng uvasan ay magbubunga ng isang […]
- Because ten acres of grapevines can yield one […]