akin

From a corruption of of kin, from Middle English of kyn (“related, of kin”), equivalent to a- +‎ kin (1550s)[1]. Compare Old English cyn, cynn (“akin, proper, suitable”, adj.).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /əˈkɪn/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ʌˈkɪn/
• Rhymes: -ɪn

akin (comparative more akin, superlative most akin)

1. (of persons) Of the same kin; related by blood.
   • 1722 (indicated as 1721), [Daniel Defoe], The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders, &c. […], 3rd edition, London: […] W[illiam Rufus] Chetwood, […]; and T. Edlin, […]; W[illiam] Mears, […]; J. Brotherton, […]; C. King, and J. Stags, […], published 1722, OCLC 745118774:

     We are too near akin to lie together, though we may lodge near one another.

   • 1897, Joseph Conrad, The Nigger of the ‘Narcissus’, ch. 2:

     The faces changed, passing in rotation. Youthful faces, bearded faces, dark faces: faces serene, or faces moody, but all akin with the brotherhood of the sea.

2. (often followed by to) Allied by nature; similar; partaking of the same properties; of the same kind.
   • 1677, Theophilus Gale, The Court of the Gentiles, T. Cockeril, part 4, bk. 1, ch. 2, p. 27:

     Is not then Fruition near akin to Love?

   • 1710, anon., "To the Spectator, &c.," The Spectator, vol. 1, no. 8 (March 9), p. 39:

     She told me that she hoped my Face was not akin to my Tongue.

   • 1836 March – 1837 October, Charles Dickens, chapter 39, in The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1837, OCLC 28228280:

     Mr. Winkle . . . took his hand with a feeling of regard, akin to veneration.

   • 1910, Zane Grey, "Old Well-Well," Success (July):

     Something akin to a smile shone on his face.

   • 2021 June 30, Philip Haigh, “Regional trains squeezed as ECML congestion heads north”, in RAIL, number 934, page 52:

     I'll be interested to see how this service does. It will be basic with fares to match, so will be akin to a budget airline taking on a flag-carrier.

• This adjective is always placed after the noun that it modifies.

• (related by blood): See also Thesaurus:consanguine
• (of the same kind): See also Thesaurus:akin

• unakin

• consanguine

• Inka, Kian, Naik, kain, kina, naik

aki +‎ -n

• IPA^(key): [ˈɒkin]
• Hyphenation: akin

akin

1. superessive singular of aki

• 'kin – contraction, used with sa

• Hyphenation: a‧kin
• IPA^(key): /ˈʔakin/, [ˈʔa.xɪn]
• IPA^(key): /ˈʔaken/, [ˈʔa.xen] (colloquial)

akin (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜃᜒᜈ᜔)

1. my

akin (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜃᜒᜈ᜔)

1. (possessive) mine
2. (oblique) (to) me

From a- +‎ kin

• IPA^(key): /ā.kĩ̄/

akin

1. bravery, valor, courage

   Synonyms: ògbójú, àyà

2. brave person; warrior

   Synonym: alákin

3. A prefix used in male Yoruba given names, (ex. Akíndélé).