akna

== Estonian == === Noun === akna genitive singular of aken == Hungarian == === Alternative forms === akona (dialectal) === Etymology === From Old Hungarian [Term?], attested as Acnahege (*aknahegy) (1197/1337), Akana (1222), akonájá (1621). Ultimately from a Slavic language, from Proto-Slavic *okъno (“window”). The sense ‘explosive device’ came into being by ellipsis of tűzakna (“underground tunnel filled with explosives”, literally “fire shaft”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈɒknɒ] Hyphenation: ak‧na Rhymes: -nɒ === Noun === akna (plural aknák) (mining, architecture) shaft (in a mine; in a building) Coordinate terms: táró, tárna (“adit”) (military) mine (an explosive device) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === 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 === Further reading === (shaft): akna in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN. (landmine): akna in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN. (regional alternative form of akona): akna in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN. akna in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).