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aks

aks

See also: AKs, äks, åks, and aks'

English

Verb

aks (third-person singular simple present aks or akses, present participle aksing, simple past and past participle aksed)

  1. (dialectal, now chiefly West African and African American Vernacular) to ask
    • 2004, Larry Dean Hamilton, A Gathering of Angels, page 132
      Another thing, kid, don't aks me no more questions tonight.

Anagrams


Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse ax.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aks/

Noun

aks n (singular definite akset, plural indefinite aks)

  1. ear (fruiting body of a grain plant)
  2. spike (ear of grain)

Inflection


Nigerian Pidgin

Etymology

From English ask.

Verb

aks

  1. ask

Tsimshian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʔaks]

Noun

aks

  1. water

Verb

aks

  1. (transitive, intransitive) drink
  2. (intransitive) be wet

References

  • John Asher Dunn, Sm'algyax: A Reference Dictionary and Grammar (1995, ISBN 0295974192)

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowing from Turkish axe.

Noun

aks (definite accusative aksi, plural aksler)

  1. axis
Synonyms