Talk:ако

(Notifying Atitarev, Bogorm, Bezimenen, Nauka, Ted Masters): Is it а́ко or ако́, or either? Formerly it was given as а́ко. RBE says а́ко, PONS and talkoven say ако́. Benwing2 (talk) 03:22, 18 April 2020 (UTC)

@Benwing2: https://slovored.com/search/accent/ако also says а́ко. --Anatoli T. ^{(обсудить}/^вклад) 04:12, 18 April 2020 (UTC)

And https://rechnik.chitanka.info/w/ако also а́ко ако́.--Anatoli T. ^{(обсудить}/^вклад) 04:15, 18 April 2020 (UTC)

@Atitarev The latter shows ако́ for me. Benwing2 (talk) 04:17, 18 April 2020 (UTC)

@Benwing: Oops, yes, sorry. --Anatoli T. ^{(обсудить}/^вклад) 04:20, 18 April 2020 (UTC)

@Benwing: https://en.pons.com/translate/bulgarian-english/ако says а̀ко PARTICLE but ако̀ CONJ. --Anatoli T. ^{(обсудить}/^вклад) 04:49, 18 April 2020 (UTC)

@Benwing2, @Atitarev Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “ако”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 7 gives both variants, primary being ако́. The modern secondary а́ко is used more colloquially with a meaning anyways, nevertheless, mainly in Western dialects. It should be added, though, the modern secondary meaning is actually the historical original meaning (e.g. in OCS), thus, the author of RBE may have decided to give that as primary. You can hear the official modern pronunciation in this song: Ако си дал. It's on the second syllable.

PS It has to emphasized that the above holds for the participle/conjugation from *jako. With stress on #a-, i.e. а́ко, the word normally means feces (meaning 3 in RBE) from a dissimilation of *kako, *kaka < PIE *kakka-. Безименен 09:39, 18 April 2020 (UTC)

@Bezimenen: Apologies for the late reply. I never received your pings. Are you able to make some edits yourself on this page with one or two usage examples (not too many), please. Make ===Pronunciation 2=== if necessary. Notifying @Benwing2 as well. --Anatoli T. ^{(обсудить}/^вклад) 08:23, 19 April 2020 (UTC)