akka

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from a Dravidian language such as Tamil அக்கா (akkā), Kannada ಅಕ್ಕ (akka), Malayalam അക്ക (akka), Telugu అక్క (akka), ultimately from Proto-Dravidian *akka. === Noun === akka (plural akkas) (India) An elder sister. == Finnish == === Etymology === From Proto-Finnic *akka. Northern Sami áhkku is possibly an old loan from Finnish, explaining the irregular correspondence of -a- to -á-. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɑkːɑ/, [ˈɑ̝kːɑ̝] Rhymes: -ɑkːɑ Syllabification(key): ak‧ka Hyphenation(key): ak‧ka === Noun === akka hag, crone (old woman) (derogatory) woman; wife; hag, witch (informal, chess, card games) queen, bitch hertta-akka ― queen of hearts ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== (old woman): eukko (woman): nainen, ämmä, muija (wife): vaimo, eukko, muija, rouva (queen): kuningatar, rouva ==== Derived terms ==== ==== See also ==== ukko ==== See also ==== korttipakka === Further reading === “akka”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023 === Anagrams === kaka == Ingrian == === Etymology === From Proto-Finnic *akka. Cognates include Finnish akka and Veps ak. === Pronunciation === (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈɑkːɑ/, [ˈɑkː] (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈɑkːɑ/, [ˈɑkːɑ] (Hevaha) IPA(key): /ˈɑkːɑ/, [ˈɑkːɑ] Rhymes: -ɑkː, -ɑkːɑ Hyphenation: ak‧ka === Noun === akka old woman synonym of akko (“shingle holder”) ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== ämmä, ämmö, staruhha ==== Coordinate terms ==== ukko, äijä, starikka (“old man”) ==== Derived terms ==== === References === Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 9 Arvo Laanest (1997), Isuri keele Hevaha murde sõnastik, Eesti Keele Instituut, page 18 == Japanese == === Romanization === akka Rōmaji transcription of あっか == Karelian == === Etymology === From Proto-Finnic *akka. Cognates include Finnish akka. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɑkːɑ/ Hyphenation: ak‧ka === Noun === akka (genitive akan, partitive akkua) wife old woman; hag ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== (old woman): (dialectal, derogatory) ämmä === References === A. V. Punzhina (1994), “akka”, in Словарь карельского языка (тверские говоры) [Dictionary of the Karelian language (Tver dialects)], →ISBN P. M. Zaykov et al. (2015), Venäjä-Viena Šanakirja [Russian-Viena Karelian Dictionary], →ISBN == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Pronunciation === (noun): IPA(key): /ˈɑk.kɑ/ (verb): IPA(key): /²ɑk.kɑ/ === Noun === akka n definite plural of akk === Verb === akka (present tense akkar, past tense akka, past participle akka, passive infinitive akkast, present participle akkande, imperative akka/akk) alternative form of akke == Old Norse == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: akk‧a === Noun === akka f (genitive ǫkku, plural ǫkkur) arrow ==== Declension ==== == Senhaja de Srair == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /akːa/ === Noun === akka f (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴽⴽⴰ) Ketama form of takka === References === Gutova, Evgeniya; Byler, Jonathan (2025), “Senhaja de Srair - English Dictionary”, in Webonary‎[2], retrieved 2025 Gutova, Evgeniya (2021) Senhaja Berber Varieties: Phonology, Morphology, and Morphosyntax (Thesis)‎[3], Paris, France: HAL == Ye'kwana == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [akka] === Verb === akka (transitive) to make (a curiara, a kind of wooden canoe) === References === Cáceres, Natalia (2011), “akka”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎[4], Lyon