aake

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English aken, from Old English acan, from Proto-West Germanic *akan. Compare Scots yik (“oat, from ake”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iːk/

Verb

aake

1. to ache
   • 1867, “VERSES IN ANSWER TO THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 2, page 100:

     Craneen t' thee wee aam, thee luggès shell aake.

     Choking to thee with them. Thy ears shall ache.

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 21

Yoruba

Alternative forms

• àkíké (Ekiti, Ikalẹ)

• àíké (Ifọ́n)

Etymology

Contraction of àkíké.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /àá.ké/

Noun

àáké

1. axe

   Synonym: ẹdọ̀n (Ọ̀wọ̀)

   mo fi àáké gé igi ― I cut a the wood with an axe

Derived terms

• aláàáké (“someone who sells axes, a lumberjack”)
• àáké ìṣọlọ́jọ̀jọ̀ (“paring axe”)
• àákéboro