... for let our fingerake, / And it endues our other heathfull members —Othello (Quarto 1), Shakespeare, 1622
1766,James Beattie, “[Miscellany Poems.] The Wolf and Shepherds, a Fable.”, inPoems on Several Subjects.[…], new edition, London:[…] W. Johnston,[…],→OCLC, stanza 3,pages113–114:
And that thing made of ſound and ſhovv / VVhich mortals have miſnamed A Beau, / (But in the language of the ſky / Is call'd a tvvolegg'd butterfly) / VVill make your very heartſtringsake / VVith loud and everlaſting clack,[…]
1909, Henry C. Shelley,Inns and Taverns of Old London[1], text edition, The Gutenberg Project, published2004:
instead he went with the rogues to supper in an arbour, though it made his heart "ake" to listen to their mad talk.
1913, Leonard George Carr Laughton, Roger Charles Anderson, William Gordon Perrin,The Mariner's Mirror (volume 3, page 300)
Returning with the timber portions of his anchor, to the stone, he would assemble all together[…] Theake would be the slightly hollowed part of the stone that fitted closely to the sides[…]
1882, B. Francis,Isles of the Pacific: Or, Sketches from the South Seas, page78:
The answer given was : — " Friends, this is the reply of the Maori : we shall fight onake, ake, ake, for ever, for ever, for ever."
1907, Wilhelm Dittmer,Te Tohunga: The Ancient Legends and Traditions of the Maoris:
That was the time when the great wish grew in the heart of Maui, the wish to conquer his powerful enemy Hine-nui-te-po, that Night might die and man may live for ever:ake, ake, ake!—yes, it was his great wish.
1938, Edith J. Lyttleton, G. B. Lancaster,Promenade, page383:
"Ake, ake, ake," said Von Tempsky, weary over the camp-fire. "Has there been anything like it since the days of the old Greeks? What madness makes you kill such men when you may want them to fight for you some day?"
1997, Queenie Rikihana,Paki Waitara: Myths & Legends of the Māori,→ISBN, page33:
One day Maui visited his parents to tell them of his latest plan — he wished to conquer his powerful enemy Hine-nui-te-po so that the Night might die and man would live forever:ake, ake, ake!
^Pukui, Mary Kawena; Elbert, Samuel H. (1986), “kuli”, inHawaiian Dictionary, revised & enlarged edition, Honolulu, HI: University of Hawai'i Press,→ISBN, page13
^Ross, Malcolm D.; Pawley, Andrew; Osmond, Meredith (2016),The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volumes 5: People, body and mind, Canberra: Australian National University,→ISBN, pages189-91
