aks
- (international standards)ISO 639-3language code forAkaselem.
FromOld Englishacsian(“ask”); seeax for more.
aks (third-person singular simple presentaksorakses,present participleaksing,simple past and past participleaksed)
- (dialectal, now chiefly West Africa, African-American Vernacular, MLE, Bermuda, West Country, Maori English and Ireland) Toask.
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, page132:Another thing, kid, don'taks me no more questions tonight.
FromOld Norseax.
aks n (singular definiteakset,plural indefiniteaks)
- ear (fruiting body of a grain plant)
- spike (ear of grain)
FromMiddle Dutchaex, fromOld Dutchacus.
aks f (pluralaksen,nodiminutive)
- anaxe, usually denoting a heavy axe
- Synonym:bijl
- Negerhollands:aks
- → Sranan Tongo:aksi
- “aks” inWoordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language]
Guyanese Creole English
[edit]From dialectalEnglishaks, fromask.
aks
- toask
- Samad, Daizal R.; Harripersaud, Ashwannie (2023),A Dictionary of Guyanese Words and Expressions, Blue Rose Publishers,→ISBN, page 2
- Henry, Edgar A. (2022),The Guyanese Slang Alphabet,Dorrance Publishing Company,→ISBN, page37
FromEnglishask.
- IPA(key): /ˈɑːks/,/ˈɔːks/
- Hyphenation:aks
aks
- toask
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, page267:“"Mi cyan gi'e teh yeh deh t'ings yehaks fuh [...]”- I can't give you the things you'veasked for.
FromEnglishask.
aks
- ask
FromOld Norseax.
aks n (definite singularakset,indefinite pluralaks,definite pluralaksaoraksene)
- ear (fruiting body of a grain plant)
- spike (ear of grain)
- “aks” inDet Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
FromOld Norseax.
aks n (definite singularakset,indefinite pluralaks,definite pluralaksa)
- ear (fruiting body of a grain plant)
- “aks” inThe Nynorsk Dictionary.
aks
- water
aks
- (ambitransitive)drink
- (intransitive)bewet
- John Asher Dunn,Sm'algyax: A Reference Dictionary and Grammar (1995,→ISBN
Borrowed fromFrenchaxe, fromLatinaxis, fromProto-Italic*aksis, fromProto-Indo-European*h₂eḱs-i-s.
aks (definite accusativeaksi,pluralaksler)
- axis
- “aks”, inTurkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
Borrowed fromArabicعَكْس(ʕaks). CompareTurkishakis(“reverse, opposite”)
aks (comparativeaksroq,superlativeeng aks)
- contrary,adverse,reverse
