English

Proper noun

Ak

1. A Sepik language spoken in Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea.

Turkish

Proper noun

Ak

1. A female given name

Antillean Creole

Conjunction

ak

1. and (for connecting two noun phrases)

Preposition

ak

1. with

Gagauz

Etymology

From Old Turkic ak (“white”), from Proto-Turkic *āk, *Āk ‎(“white”).

Adjective

ak (comparative daha ak, superlative en ak)

1. white

Gothic

Romanization

ak

1. Romanization of 𐌰𐌺

Haitian Creole

Etymology

Its usage as meaning "with" and "and" is modelled after usage of similar terms in substrate languages. Its phonological form might be from French avec ‎(“with”) or Wolof ak or both.

Conjunction

ak

1. and (for connecting two noun phrases)

Preposition

ak

1. with

Latvian

Etymology

A borrowing from German ach ‎(“oh”). In 16th- and 17h-century literature, o or oh was often used in this sense. In a text from 1638, German ach is translated as ok, which points to a borrowing from Russian ох ‎(ox). The from ak, from German, was introduced in the 17th-18th century.^[1]

Pronunciation

Interjection

ak

1. used to indicate various feelings: joy, excitement, fear, distress; oh! ah!

   ak, cik lieliski!‎ ― oh! how great!

   ak, kāda laime!‎ ― oh, such happiness!

   ak, kas par prieku!‎ ― oh, what joy!

   ak, kā patīk!‎ ― oh, how pleasant!

   ak, briesmas!‎ ― oh! danger!

   ak, brīvība! tā ir vitamīns, kas dzelzij un akmenim cauri ēdas‎ ― ah! freedom! that is a vitamin that eats through stone and iron

   vai tu viņus atradi? ak, mani bērni, mani bērniņi!‎ ― have you found them? oh, my children, my (poor) little children!

   “matemātika”, zēns bubina un izņem grāmatu... ak vai, ak vai, un visi citi jau guļ!‎ ― “mathematics,” the boy whispered and took the book... oh, oh (= poor me!), and all others are already sleeping (but I must study)!

2. used to express certain mental states — e.g., surprise, disappointment, disapproval — in an emotional but also intelligent, perceptive way; ah! oh!

   ak, ko es redzu!‎ ― ah! what do I see (here)!

   ak, kas par godu!‎ ― ah! what an honor!

   ak, kā jāstrādā!‎ ― oh! what should be done?

   ak, kaut es dabūtu!‎ ― ah! if only I could get (that)!

   ak, tas tikai sīkums!‎ ― oh, that's just a trifle

   ak, vasara, vasara, kā tu vari mulsināt jaunu meiču sirdis!‎ ― ah! summer, summer, how you can confuse young girls' hearts!

3. (often in combination with the pronoun tu ‎(“you”)) used to reinforce an interjection by either literally or metaphorically attributing some characteristic to the hearer; (ah,) you ... ! you ... ! oh ...!

   ak (tu) neprāts!‎ ― ah, you crazy one!

   ak tu palaidnis tāds!‎ ― (ah,) you rascal!

   ak (tu) kungs!‎ ― oh Lord!

   ak (tu) dievs!‎ ― oh God!

   ak (tu) velns!‎ ― oh devil!

   ak (tu) ļauna pasaule!‎ ― oh evil world!

   nē, nē, māt, pavasarī gan grūti mirt; visas puķītes zied, putniņi dzied, ak tu jaukā pasaulīte!‎ ― no, no, mother, it is difficult to die in spring; all the little flowers are blooming, the birds are singing, oh (you) lovely world!

   “ak tu mūžs, kas te to zvēru!” māte iesaucās, redzot pēdas sniegā‎ ― “ah life, what wild beast is that!” the mother exclaimed, seeing tracks in the snow

Particle

ak

1. used to give an interjectional flavor to an utterance, especially when expressing surprise; oh!

   ak tu tas esi!‎ ― oh! that's you!

   ak tad tā!‎ ― oh, it's like that, then!

   ak paspēji gan!‎ ― oh, you did it!

   ak tāds tu esi!‎ ― oh, that's what you're like!

   ak jā! ak nē! ak tā!‎ ― oh, yes! oh, no! oh!... (expressions used when suddenly remembering something)

   ak jā, gandrīz būtu piemirsis: labasdienas, māt, no Līzes‎ ― oh yes, I had almost forgotten: greetings, mother, from Līze

   “ak tad tur tā vaina!” Ozols beidzot saprata‎ ― “ooh, there then is the blame (= problem)!” Ozols finally understood

References

1. ↑ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “ak”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, ISBN 9984-700-12-7

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *ak. Cognate with Old English ac, Gothic 𐌰𐌺 ‎(ak), Old High German oh.

Conjunction

ak

1. but

Pumpokol

Etymology

From Proto-Yeniseian *ʔaq-ɔt- ("to sleep").

Verb

ak

1. to lie down

Related terms

• xotɨk

Slovak

Conjunction

ak

1. if

Swedish

Alternative forms

• aq

Abbreviation

ak

1. short for akademisk kvart

Tocharian A

Etymology

From Proto-Tocharian *ëk, from Late Proto-Indo-European *okʷs, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃okʷ-, *h₃ekʷ- ‎(“eye; to see”). Compare Tocharian B ek.

Noun

ak

1. eye

Related terms

• aśäṃ

Turkish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑk/

Etymology 1

From Old Turkic 𐰀𐰴 ‎(ak, “white”), from Proto-Turkic *āk, *Āk ‎(“white”).

Adjective

ak ‎(comparative daha ak, superlative en ak)

1. white
2. (figuratively) clean
3. (figuratively) honest
4. (figuratively) comfortable
5. (archaic) south

Declension

Synonyms

• (white): beyaz
• (south): güney

Antonyms

• (white, south): kara
• (white): siyah
• (south): kuzey

Noun

ak ‎(definite accusative akı, plural aklar)

1. white

Declension

Synonyms

• beyaz

Antonyms

• kara
• siyah

See also

Etymology 2

From Old Turkic [script needed] ‎(ak-, “to flow”).

Verb

ak

1. second-person singular imperative of akmak

Antonyms

• akma

References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “ak”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Turkmen

Etymology

From Old Turkic [script needed] ‎(ak, “white”), from Proto-Turkic *āk, *Āk ‎(“white”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aːk/

Adjective

ak

1. white

Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *akka.

Noun

ak

1. (old) woman

Inflection

References

• Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “баба, жена, старуха”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

Wolof

Pronunciation

Conjunction

ak

1. and