аки

See also: яки

Nivkh

Alternative forms

• ыкыыкын (əkəəkən) (North Sakhalin)
• ыкʼын (əkʼən) (North Sakhalin)
• акан (akan) (South Sakhalin)
• аканд (akand) (East Sakhalin)
• акад (akad) (East Sakhalin)
• ыкын (əkən) (Amur)
• ыкыдь (əkəd̦) (Amur)

Etymology

Proto-Nivkh *akan, *aki.

Possibly related to Proto-Tungusic *ake; compare Evenki акин (akin), Mongolic *aka, compare Mongolian ах (ax), and also Ainu アㇰ (ak, “younger brother”). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Noun

аки (aki)

1. (East Sakhalin) elder brother; big brother

Northern Khanty

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

аки (aki) (Kazym)

1. uncle

References

• Solovar, V. N. (2014) “аки”, in Хантыйско-русский Словарь (казымский диалект) [Khanty-Russian Dictionary (Kazym Dialect)]‎^[1], Khanty-Mansiysk: ООО «ФОРМАТ», →ISBN, page 15

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic акы (aky).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈakʲɪ]

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Adverb

а́ки • (áki)

1. (archaic, ironic) like, as

   Synonym: (regular term) как (kak)

   ржал а́ки конь ― ržal áki konʹ ― laughed like a horse