ako

See also: áko, akọ, akó, and -akö

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/

Pronoun

akó

  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

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

Verb

akò

  1. to accept; to admit
Derived terms
  • akuon
  • mag-ako
  • pag-ako
See also

Cebuano

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Pronoun

akó

  1. I; me (first-person singular pronoun)

See also
Cebuano personal pronouns
Person Number Absolute (ang/si) Ergative (sa/ni) Ergative (preposed) Oblique (sa/og)
Length Full Short Full Short Full Full Short
First singular ako ko* nako ko ako/akoa kanako nako
plural inclusive kita ta nato ta ato/atoa kanato nato
plural exclusive kami mi namo mo amo/amoa kanamo namo
Second singular ikaw ka nimo mo imo/imoha kanimo nimo
plural kamo ka ninyo inyo/inyoha kaninyo ninyo
Third singular siya niya iya/iyaha kaniya niya
plural sila nila ila/ilaha kanila nila
*Ta is used over ko where the object is a second-person singular pronoun.

Ewe

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ako/

Noun

ako (plural akowo)

  1. parrot

Hawaiian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈa.ko/, [ˈɐko]

Verb

ako

  1. (transitive) to thatch

References
  • “ako” in the Hawaiian Dictionary, Revised and Enlarged Edition, University of Hawaii Press, 1986

Hiligaynon

Pronoun

ako

  1. I

Indonesian

Etymology

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

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

Noun

ako (first-person possessive akoku, second-person possessive akomu, third-person possessive akonya)

  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)

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈakɔ/

Adverb

ako

  1. like, as

Synonyms

Conjunction

ako

  1. like, as

Synonyms

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

  1. to learn

Mapudungun
Garlic

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

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

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈakɔ/

Conjunction

ako

  1. as
  2. like

Further reading
  • ako in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

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 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

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: a‧ko
  • IPA(key): /ʔaˈko/, [ʔɐˈxo]

Pronoun

akó (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜃᜓ)

  1. I (personal pronoun); me
    Pupunta po ako sa simbahan, Inay. ― I am going to church, Mother.
    Bigyan mo ako ng makakain. ― Give me something to eat.
Derived terms
See also
Tagalog personal pronouns
Person Number Direct (ang) Indirect (ng) Oblique (sa)
First singular ako ko akin
dual* kita, kata nita, nata, ta 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, kamo ninyo, niyo inyo
Third singular siya niya kaniya
plural sila nila kanila
* First person dual pronouns are not commonly used.
** Replaces "ko ikaw".

Etymology 2

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

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

Noun

akò (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜃᜓ)

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

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)
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