Aka

See also: Appendix:Variations of "aka"

English

Proper noun

Aka

1. Either of two lakes in Alaska.

Noun

Aka (plural Aka)

1. A member of a nomadic Mbenga people.

Anagrams

• aak

Etruscan

Romanization

Aka

1. Romanization of 𐌀𐌊𐌀

Hungarian

Etymology

First attested in 1437. Usually explained as a derivation from personal name Ok or the place name Akes. Helimski argues for Slavic borrowing. Compare Proto-Slavic *oko (“eye”), which was also used as a designation for lakes, ponds and springs.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -kɒ

Proper noun

Aka

1. A village in Komárom-Esztergom county, Hungary.

References

• Marek Stachowski, Eugen Helimskis Materialien zur Erforschung der ältesten slawisch-ungarischen Sprachkontakte, Studia Etymologica Cracoviensia 14 (2009): 35–107 Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego: Kraków, page 41

Plautdietsch

Noun

Aka m (plural Akasch)

1. acre

Turkish

Proper noun

Aka

1. a male given name