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See also:akın,Akin,Akın,a-kin,anda kin

English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From a corruption ofof kin, fromMiddle Englishof kyn(related, of kin), equivalent toa- +‎kin (1550s).[1] CompareOld Englishcyn,cynn(akin, proper, suitable,adj.).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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akin (comparativemoreakin,superlativemostakin)

  1. (of persons) Of the samekin; related by blood.
  2. (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 Steeleet al.], “THURSDAY, March 9, 1709–1710. To the Spectator, &c..”, inThe Spectator, number 8; republished inAlexander 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.
    • 1836 March –1837 October,Charles Dickens, chapter XXXIX, inThe Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, London:Chapman and Hall, [], published1837,→OCLC:
      Mr. Winkle . . . took his hand with a feeling of regard,akin to veneration.
    • 1910 July,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.
    • 2022 January 19, Robert Alexander, “What 2020’s pro-Trump phony electors means for 2024”, inCNN[1], archived fromthe original on16 August 2022:
      After all, that would beakin to a self-coup. Apart from the traditional vision of a coup requiring a military takeover of the government, self-coups occur when governments depart from typical norms of democracy by altering election laws, calling into question election results or seeking to suspend their constitutions in order to stay in power.
    • 2025 May 12, Jeff Edwards, “Rods from God: Unleashing Orbital Kinetic Bombardment as a Theoretical Defense System”, inMira Safety[2], archived fromthe original on7 August 2025:
      Picking up speed with each passing second, the rod would then penetrate the ground and generate an explosionakin to a small nuclear weapon using nothing but gravity for its propulsion.

Usage notes

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  • This adjective is always placed after the noun that it modifies.

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Translations

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of the same kin; related by blood
of the same kind; similar
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Verb

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akin (third-person singular simple presentakins,present participleakinning,simple past and past participleakinned)

  1. (rare) Torelate orcompare; toliken.
    I like toakin the P-Diddy case to Gen-Z's version of the O.J. Simpson trial.

References

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  1. ^Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “akin”, inOnline Etymology Dictionary.

Anagrams

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Hungarian

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Etymology

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aki +‎-n

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈɒkin]
  • Hyphenation:akin

Pronoun

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akin

  1. superessivesingular ofaki

Narua

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Numeral

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akin

  1. one

Navajo

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Noun

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akin

  1. third-personindefinite ofbikin

Tagalog

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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FromProto-Austronesian*akən(first person singular oblique).

Pronunciation

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Determiner

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akin (Baybayin spellingᜀᜃᜒᜈ᜔)

  1. my

Pronoun

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akin (Baybayin spellingᜀᜃᜒᜈ᜔)

  1. (possessive)mine
    Synonym:(postpositive)ko
  2. (oblique) (to)me

Derived terms

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See also

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Tagalog personal pronouns
PersonNumberDirect (ang)Indirect (ng)Oblique (sa)
Firstsingularakokoakin
dual1kita,katanita,nata,takanita,kanata,ata
plural inclusivetayonatinatin
plural exclusivekaminaminamin
First & Secondsingularkita2
Secondsingularikaw,kamoiyo
pluralkayo,kamoninyo,niyoinyo
Thirdsingularsiyaniyakaniya
pluralsilanilakanila

1 First person dual pronouns are not commonly used in Standard Tagalog.
2 Replaceskoikaw.

Further reading

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  • akin”, inKWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino,Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino,2025
  • akin”, inPambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph,2018
  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*aken₁”, in the CLDF dataset fromThe Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–),→DOI

Anagrams

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Yoruba

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Etymology

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Froma- +‎kin

Pronunciation

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Noun

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akin

  1. bravery,valor,courage
    Synonyms:ògbójú,àyà
  2. braveperson;warrior
    Synonym:alákin
  3. A prefix used in male Yoruba given names, (ex.Akíndélé).

Derived terms

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  • Akin(Yoruba name, and a shortening of many names with the prefixAkin)
  • alákin(a brave person)
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