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ake

See also: Ake, Åke, akẹ, āke, and a'ke

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ake

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Akawaio.

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English

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Etymology 1

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From Middle English aken, from Old English acan (“to ache”), from Proto-West Germanic *akan, from Proto-Germanic *akaną (“to ache”). More at ache.

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ake (third-person singular simple present akes, present participle aking, simple past aked or oke, past participle aked or aken)

  1. Archaic spelling of ache.
    • ... for let our finger ake, / And it endues our other heathfull members — Othello (Quarto 1), Shakespeare, 1622
    • 1766, James Beattie, “[Miscellany Poems.] The Wolf and Shepherds, a Fable.”, in Poems on Several Subjects. […], new edition, London: […] W. Johnston, […], →OCLC, stanza 3, pages 113–114:
      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 heartſtrings ake / VVith loud and everlaſting clack, […]
    • 1909, Henry C. Shelley, Inns and Taverns of Old London‎[1], text edition, The Gutenberg Project, published 2004:
      instead he went with the rogues to supper in an arbour, though it made his heart "ake" to listen to their mad talk.

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ake (plural akes)

  1. Archaic spelling of ache.
    • 2015, LT Wolf, The World King (fiction), →ISBN:
      The ake of months of a growing firenlust became a rising queem til at last there was the burst of loosing that almost made his knees buckle.
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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Maori [Term?].

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ake (not comparable)

  1. (New Zealand) forever
    • 1882, B. Francis, Isles of the Pacific: Or, Sketches from the South Seas, page 78:
      The answer given was : — " Friends, this is the reply of the Maori : we shall fight on ake, 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, page 383:
      "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, page 33:
      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!

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Bantik

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Etymology

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From Proto-Sangiric *ake. Often compared with Ternate ake.

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ake

  1. water

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Galela

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Etymology

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From Proto-North Halmahera *aker (“water”).

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ake

  1. water

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  • Donald A. Burquest, Wyn D. Laidig, Descriptive studies in languages of Maluku, volume 2 (1995), page 6:
    Tabaru Galela
    [ˈakere] 'water' [ˈake] 'water'
  • Robinson Ipol, Yosafat Etha, Deidre Shelden, Galela conversations (1989): ake

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Romanization

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akē

  1. Romanization of 𐌰𐌺𐌴

Hawaiian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Polynesian *qate (compare with Maori ate and Tahitian ate),[1][2] Proto-Oceanic *qate (compare with Fijian yate), from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *qatay, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *qatay, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qatay (Malay hati and Tagalog atay), from Proto-Austronesian *qaCay.[2][3] Compare with Maori ate and Malay hati for similar semantic connections with expressions of emotion.

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ake

  1. (anatomy) liver (organ of the body)

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ake

  1. (transitive) to yearn for, desire

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  1. ^ Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “kuli”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, revised & enlarged edition, Honolulu, HI: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, page 13
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “ate.1”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
  3. ^ Ross, Malcolm D., Pawley, Andrew, Osmond, Meredith (2016) The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volumes 5: People, body and mind, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, pages 189-91

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ake

  1. Rōmaji transcription of あけ

Middle English

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Etymology 1

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ake

  1. Alternative form of ac
    • approx. 1225, Hali Meidenhad (Holy Maidenhood)
      Not of low on earth, ake of the high in heaven.
    • approx. 1225, Homilies in Lambeth
      Those men.. have the name of Christians, ake though they are Christ's unwins (enemies).
    • approx. 1300, The Fox and the Wolf
      He was still, ne spake no-more, ake he worth athirst well sore.
    • circa 1350, Midland Prose Psalter
      Blessed be the man that.. ne set nowt in false judgement. Ake his will was in the will of our Lord.
    • circa 1390, Walter Hilton, On the Mixed Life
      This thought is good.. ake if a man may not lightly have salvation ne devotion in it, I hold it not speedful.
    • approx. 1450, South English Legendary: Temporale
      It ... rotted fast; ake that flesh and that blood rotteth never-more.

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ake

  1. Alternative form of ache (“aching”)

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ake

  1. Alternative form of aken

Norwegian Nynorsk

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ake (present tense ek or akar, past tense ok or aka, supine eke or aka, past participle eken or aka, present participle akande, imperative ak)

  1. e-infinitive form of aka

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Ratahan

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Etymology

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From Proto-Sangiric *ake. Often compared with Ternate ake.

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ake

  1. water

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  • J. N. Sneddon, The Languages of Minahasa, North Celebes (1970)
  • J. N. Sneddon, Proto-Sangiric & the Sangiric Languages (1984), page 61

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ake (plural akes)

  1. Alternative form of aik

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Swahili

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Adjective

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-ake (declinable)

  1. his/her/its (third-person singular possessive adjective)
  2. their (third-person plural inanimate possessive adjective)

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Inflected forms of -ake
Noun class singular plural
m-wa class(I/II) wake wake
m-mi class(III/IV) wake yake
ji-ma class(V/VI) lake yake
ki-vi class(VII/VIII) chake vyake
n class(IX/X) yake zake
u class(XI) wake see n(X) or ma(VI) class
pa class(XVI) pake
ku class(XVII) kwake
mu class(XVIII) mwake

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Swahili possessive adjectives
singular plural
1st person -angu -etu
2nd person -ako -enu
3rd person -ake -ao (animate) / -ake (inanimate)

Ternate

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Etymology

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From Proto-North Halmahera *aker (“water”).

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ake

  1. water
    ake besa ― rainwater

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  • Yuiti Wada, Correspondance of Consonants in North Halmahera Languages (1980)
  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Tidore

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Etymology

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From Proto-North Halmahera *aker (“water”).

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ake

  1. water

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  • Joost Pikkert, Cheryl Pikkert, Husain Mahifa (1994) Kamus Bahasa Tidore, Indonesia, Inggris
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