aks

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See also: AKs, äks, åks, and aks'

English

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Etymology

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From Old English acsian (ask); see ax for more.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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

  1. (dialectal, now chiefly West Africa, African-American Vernacular, MLE, Bermuda, West Country, Maori English and Ireland) To ask.
    • 1865, William Stott Banks, A List of Provincial Words in Use at Wakefield in Yorkshire[1], London: J.R.Smith, page 3:
      AKS, ask.
    • 2004, Larry Dean Hamilton, A Gathering of Angels, page 132:
      Another thing, kid, don't aks me no more questions tonight.

Anagrams

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Danish

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Etymology

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From Old Norse ax.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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aks n (singular definite akset, plural indefinite aks)

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

Inflection

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Dutch

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle Dutch aex, from Old Dutch *acus.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɑks/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: aks
  • Rhymes: -ɑks

Noun

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aks f (plural aksen)

  1. an axe, usually denoting a heavy axe
    Synonym: bijl

Descendants

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  • Negerhollands: aks
  • Sranan Tongo: aksi

Jamaican Creole

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From English ask.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɑːks/, /ˈɔːks/
  • Hyphenation: aks

Verb

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aks

  1. to ask
    Aks Teddy ef 'im a guh a farin nex' week.
    Ask Teddy if he's going to the USA next week.
    • 2013, Loron-Jon Stokes, Citizen Class 5, →ISBN, page 267:
      “"Mi cyan gi'e teh yeh deh t'ings yeh aks fuh [...]”
      I can't give you the things you've asked for.

Further reading

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Nigerian Pidgin

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Etymology

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From English ask.

Verb

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aks

  1. ask

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From Old Norse ax.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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aks n (definite singular akset, indefinite plural aks, definite plural aksa or aksene)

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

Derived terms

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References

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  • “aks” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From Old Norse ax.

Noun

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aks n (definite singular akset, indefinite plural aks, definite plural aksa)

  1. ear (fruiting body of a grain plant)

Derived terms

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References

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Tsimshian

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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aks

  1. water

Verb

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aks

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

References

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

Turkish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French axe.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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aks (definite accusative aksi, plural aksler)

  1. axis

Synonyms

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References

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  • aks”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu

Uzbek

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic عَكْس (ʕaks). Compare Turkish akis (reverse, opposite)

Adjective

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aks (comparative aksroq, superlative eng aks)

  1. contrary, adverse, reverse

Derived terms

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