aks
English
editEtymology
editFrom Old English acsian (“ask”); see ax for more.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editaks (third-person singular simple present aks or akses, present participle aksing, simple past and past participle aksed)
- (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
editDanish
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editaks n (singular definite akset, plural indefinite aks)
Inflection
editDutch
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Middle Dutch aex, from Old Dutch *acus.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editaks f (plural aksen)
Descendants
editJamaican Creole
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editVerb
editaks
- 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
edit- Richard Allsopp, editor (1996), Dictionary of Caribbean English Usage, Kingston, Jamaica: University of the West Indies Press, published 2003, →ISBN, page 20
Nigerian Pidgin
editEtymology
editVerb
editaks
Norwegian Bokmål
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editaks n (definite singular akset, indefinite plural aks, definite plural aksa or aksene)
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- “aks” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
Norwegian Nynorsk
editEtymology
editNoun
editaks n (definite singular akset, indefinite plural aks, definite plural aksa)
- ear (fruiting body of a grain plant)
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- “aks” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Tsimshian
editPronunciation
editNoun
editaks
Verb
editaks
References
edit- John Asher Dunn, Sm'algyax: A Reference Dictionary and Grammar (1995, →ISBN
Turkish
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editaks (definite accusative aksi, plural aksler)
Synonyms
editReferences
edit- “aks”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
Uzbek
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Arabic عَكْس (ʕaks). Compare Turkish akis (“reverse, opposite”)
Adjective
editaks (comparative aksroq, superlative eng aks)
Derived terms
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