akha

== Edo == === Etymology === Cognates include Yoruba ẹ̀gà, Igala ìga, Urhobo ọriọka, and Idoma àga. Blench (2007) proposed a tentative reconstruction to Proto-Niger-Congo *-ga. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /à.xà/ === Noun === akha any of the various species of weavers, particularly the village weaver == Northern Ndebele == === Etymology === From Proto-Bantu *-jáka, a variant of Proto-Bantu *-jíbaka. === Verb === -ákha to build ==== Inflection ==== This verb needs an inflection-table template. == Southern Ndebele == === Etymology === From Proto-Bantu *-jáka, a variant of Proto-Bantu *-jíbaka. === Verb === -âkha to build ==== Inflection ==== This verb needs an inflection-table template. == Swazi == === Etymology === From Proto-Bantu *-jáka, a variant of Proto-Bantu *-jíbaka. === Verb === -âkha to build ==== Inflection ==== This verb needs an inflection-table template. == Tangkhul Naga == === Numeral === akha one == Xhosa == === Etymology === From Proto-Bantu *-jáka, a variant of Proto-Bantu *-jíbaka. === Verb === -âkha to build ==== Inflection ==== This verb needs an inflection-table template. == Zulu == === Etymology === From Proto-Bantu *-jáka, a variant of Proto-Bantu *-jíbaka. Cognate with Tsonga -aka. === Verb === -âkha (transitive) to build, to construct (transitive) to produce, to manufacture ==== Inflection ==== ==== Derived terms ==== -akhela (applicative) -akhisa (causative) -akhayakha (diminutive) -akhisisa (intensive) -akheka (neuter-passive) -akhiwa (passive) -akhelela (perfective) -akhana (reciprocal) === References === C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “akha”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “akha (4.3)”