aq
English
Adjective
aq (not comparable)
- as quoted (used on a menu to indicate that the price is not listed because it varies depending on the composition of a dish (as in a charcuterie or cheese platter) or because it is particularly high)
Usage notes
- The abbreviation mp (“market price”) is more common, but mp is formally only correct if the price of the ingredients changes (as for seafood), not if the price of the dish changes due to the composition changing.
Synonyms
- mp (market price)
- price available upon request
References
- A.Q. abbreviation on restaurant menus, Google answers (on Wayback machine)
- (Not about) Food words I'd like to never see again. – Das Ubergeek, Feb 28, 2009
Albanian
Etymology
From Proto-Albanian * ̊kai, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷóy, *kʷ- (“someone, who”). Cognate to Old Latin quoi (“which”) and Latin quae. A comparative particle. From a-q (from Proto-Albanian *a(u) ki), the result of a merger of a former syntactic unit. The * ̊kai root is a potentially the plural form of the pronominal stem *kwo-, which forms indefinite, interrogative and relative pronouns. A reconstruction *kweh₂i is also possible.[1]
Particle
aq (masculine adjectival i aq, feminine singular e aq, masculine plural të aq, feminine plural të aqa)
References
- Demiraj, Bardhyl (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: Investigations into the Albanian Inherited Lexicon] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7) (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 80
Crimean Tatar
Kaqchikel
Alternative forms
- ak (obsolete)
Etymology
From Proto-Mayan *ahq. "Woodlouse" sense influenced by Spanish cochinilla (literally “little pig”).
References
- Anonymous (17th c.) Uocabulario copioso de las lenguas cakchikel y ꜭiche (in Spanish), page 3: “Ak. el puerco.”
- Brown, R. McKenna; Maxwell, Judith M.; Little, Walter E. (2006) ¿La ütz awäch? Introduction to Kaqchikel Maya Language, Austin: University of Texas Press, page 206
- Ruyán Canú, Déborah; Coyote Tum, Rafael; Munson L., Jo Ann (1991) Diccionario cakchiquel central y español (in Spanish), Instituto Lingüístico de Verano de Centroamérica, page 5
Salar
Etymology 1
From Proto-Turkic *āk. Cognate with Turkish ak.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɑχ]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɑχ]
References
- Yakup, Abdurishid (2002), “aq”, in An Ili Salar Vocabulary: Introduction and a Provisional Salar-English Lexicon, Tokyo: University of Tokyo, →ISBN, page 34-36
Turkish
Related terms
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