akos

See also: Appendix:Variations of "akos"

Bikol Central

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔakos/ [ˈʔa.kos]
• Hyphenation: a‧kos

Noun

ákos (Basahan spelling ᜀᜃᜓᜐ᜔) (dialectal)

1. child; kid

   Synonym: aki

2. (by extension) baby; infant

   Synonym: umboy

Adjective

ákos (plural arakos, intensified akoson, plural intensified arakoson, Basahan spelling ᜀᜃᜓᜐ᜔) (dialectal)

1. young; junior

   Synonyms: aki, hoben

   Antonym: gurang

2. naive (too young)

   Synonym: inosente

Derived terms

• kaakosan
• mag-akos
• mang-akos
• paakos
• pagkaakos
• pang-akos

See also

• buldang
• butalnak
• pasngak

Hanunoo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔaˈkus/ [ʔaˈkos]
• Rhymes: -us
• Syllabification: a‧kos

Noun

akós (Hanunoo spelling ᜠᜣᜳᜰ᜴)

1. rattan strips dyed red
2. loose coils of red-dyed halved rattan strips worn like a girdle about the hips by women primarily for decorative purposes

Usage notes

• In districts farther south, the coils serve as a small unit value of exchange.

Further reading

• Conklin, Harold C. (1953) Hanunóo-English Vocabulary (University of California Publications in Linguistics), volume 9, London, England: University of California Press, →OCLC, page 23