From a corruption ofof kin Middle English of kyn ( “ related, of kin ” ) , equivalent toa- kin [ 1] Old English cyn cynn ( “ akin, proper, suitable ” ,adj. ) .
akin (comparative moreakin ,superlative mostakin )
( of persons ) kin ; related by blood.1722 (indicated as1721 )Daniel Defoe ],The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders, &c. [ … ] [ … ] W[ illiam Rufus] Chetwood, [ … ] [ … ] 1722 ,→OCLC page137 :[W]e are too neara kin to lye together, tho' vve may Lodge near one another;[ …]
1897 Joseph Conrad ,The Children of the Sea: A Tale of the Forecastle Dodd, Mead and Company ,→OCLC The faces changed, passing in rotation. Youthful faces, bearded faces, dark faces: faces serene, or faces moody, but allakin with the brotherhood of the sea.
( often followed byto ) Allied by nature;similar ;partaking of the same properties; of the samekind .1677 ,Theophilus Gale ,The Court of the Gentiles , T. Cockeril, part 4, bk. 1, ch. 2, p. 27:Is not then Fruition nearakin to Love? 1710 March 20 (Gregorian calendar), [Joseph Addison ;Richard Steele et al. ], “THURSDAY, March 9, 1709–1710. To the Spectator, &c..”, inThe Spectator Alexander Chalmers , editor,The Spectator; a New Edition, [ … ] , volume I, New York, N.Y.:D[aniel] Appleton & Company ,1853 ,→OCLC page39 :She told me that she hoped my Face was notakin to my Tongue. The spelling has been modernized. 1910 Zane Grey , “Old Well-Well”, inSuccess :Somethingakin to a smile shone on his face.
2021 June 30, Philip Haigh, “Regional trains squeezed as ECML congestion heads north”, inRAIL , number934 , page52 :I'll be interested to see how this service does. It will be basic with fares to match, so will beakin to a budget airline taking on a flag-carrier.
This adjective is always placed after the noun that it modifies. of the same kin; related by blood
of the same kind; similar
Bulgarian:сроден (bg) ( sroden ) ,близък (bg) ( blizǎk ) Catalan:semblant (ca) m or f Chinese:Mandarin:与（……）相似 Czech:podobný (cs) m blízký (cs) m srovnatelný m Dutch:gelijkaardig (nl) ,verwant (nl) Esperanto:simila rilata French:analogue (fr) m German:ähnlich (de) ,analog (de) Hungarian:hasonló (hu) ,rokon (hu) ,analóg (hu) Italian:affine (it) Macedonian:налик ( nalik ) Polish:pokrewny (pl) m zbliżony (pl) m Portuguese:semelhante (pt) m or f Russian:сродни́ (ru) ( srodní ) ,подо́бный (ru) ( podóbnyj ) Serbo-Croatian:srȍdan (sh) Slovak:podobný m príbuzný m taký ako ... m Spanish:semejante (es) ,similar (es) ,análogo (es) ,parejo (es) ,pintiparado (es) ,afín (es) Ukrainian:подібний ( podibnyj )
Translations to be checked
aki -n
IPA (key ) : [ˈɒkin] Hyphenation:akin akin
superessive singular ofaki akin
one akin
third-person indefinite ofbikin FromProto-Austronesian *akən ( “ 1sg oblique ” ) .
akin (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜃᜒᜈ᜔
my akin (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜃᜒᜈ᜔
( possessive ) mine Synonym: ( postpositive ) ko ( oblique ) me Tagalog personal pronouns
“akin ”, inKWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino ,Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino ,2024 “akin ”, inPambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph , Manila,2018 Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*aken₁ ”, in the CLDF dataset fromThe Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–),→DOI Froma- kin
akin
bravery ,valor ,courage Synonyms: ògbójú àyà brave person ;warrior Synonym: alákin A prefix used in male Yoruba given names, (ex.Akíndélé Akin ( “ Yoruba name, and a shortening of many names with the prefix 'Akin' ” ) alákin ( “ a brave person ” ) 
