āķis

== Latvian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Middle Low German hake or Middle Dutch haeck or an East Frisian word (compare Saterland Frisian Hoake (“hook”), German Haken), all ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *keg-, *kek- (“peg, hook; to bend”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈɑ̄ːcis] === Noun === ãķis m (2nd declension) hook (instrument with a curved extremity ending in a pointed tip, used to hang or suspend things) metāla, tērauda, kaula āķis ― metal, steel, bone hook iedzīt klintī āķus ― to drive hooks into the rock makšķeres āķis ― fishhook uzlikt ēsmu uz āķa ― to put the bait on the (fish)hook uzkabināt uz āķa ― to hang (something) on a hook noņemt no āķa ― to take something off from the hook celtņa āķis ― crane hook a hidden or disguised intention or thought tur vajag būt kādam āķim ― there has to be some hook (= hidden intention) there lūk, kur tas āķis! — look, there is the hook! (= that was the hidden intention) ==== Declension ==== ==== See also ==== kāsis ķeksis === References ===