Definitions and meaning of ake
ake
Etymology 1
From Middle English aken, from Old English acan (“to ache”), from Proto-Germanic *akaną (“to ache”). More at ache.
Pronunciation
Homophone: ache
Verb
ake (third-person singular simple present akes, present participle aking, simple past aked or oke, past participle aked or aken)
- Archaic spelling of ache.
- ... for let our finger ake, / And it endues our other heathfull members — Othello (Quarto 1), Shakespeare, 1622
Noun
ake (plural akes)
- Archaic spelling of ache.
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Maori [Term?].
Pronunciation
Adverb
ake (not comparable)
- (New Zealand) forever
Anagrams
Bantik
Noun
ake
- water
References
Galela
Noun
ake
- water
References
- Donald A. Burquest, Wyn D. Laidig, Descriptive studies in languages of Maluku, volume 2 (1995), page 6:
- Tabaru Galela
- [ˈakere] 'water' [ˈake] 'water'
- Robinson Ipol, Yosafat Etha, Deidre Shelden, Galela conversations (1989): ake
Gothic
Romanization
akē
- Romanization of 𐌰𐌺𐌴
Hawaiian
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *qate, from Proto-Oceanic *qate, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *qatay, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *qatay, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qatay, from Proto-Austronesian *qaCay.
Noun
ake
- (anatomy) liver (organ of the body)
Derived terms
Verb
ake
- to yearn for, desire
Japanese
Romanization
ake
- Rōmaji transcription of あけ
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English ac.
Conjunction
ake
- Alternative form of ac
- approx. 1225, Hali Meidenhad (Holy Maidenhood)
- Not of low on earth, ake of the high in heaven.
- approx. 1225, Homilies in Lambeth
- Those men.. have the name of Christians, ake though they are Christ's unwins (enemies).
- approx. 1300, The Fox and the Wolf
- He was still, ne spake no-more, ake he worth athirst well sore.
- circa 1350, Midland Prose Psalter
- Blessed be the man that.. ne set nowt in false judgement. Ake his will was in the will of our Lord.
- circa 1390, Walter Hilton, On the Mixed Life
- This thought is good.. ake if a man may not lightly have salvation ne devotion in it, I hold it not speedful.
- approx. 1450, South English Legendary: Temporale
- It ... rotted fast; ake that flesh and that blood rotteth never-more.
Etymology 2
From Old English eċe.
Noun
ake
- Alternative form of ache (“aching”)
Ratahan
Noun
ake
- water
References
- J. N. Sneddon, The Languages of Minahasa, North Celebes (1970)
- J. N. Sneddon, Proto-Sangiric & the Sangiric Languages (1984), page 61
Swahili
Pronunciation
Adjective
-ake (declinable)
- his/her/its (third-person singular possessive adjective)
- their (third-person plural inanimate possessive adjective)
Inflection
See also
Ternate
Pronunciation
Noun
ake
- water
References
- Yuiti Wada, Correspondance of Consonants in North Halmahera Languages (1980)
- Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh, page 28
Tidore
Noun
ake
- water
References
- Possessive clauses in East Nusantara, the case of Tidore, in The Expression of Possession (2009, →ISBN
- Donald A. Burquest, Wyn D. Laidig, Descriptive studies in languages of Maluku, volume 2 (1995), page 52
Source: wiktionary.org- to endure a dull lasting pain.
(source: Collins Scrabble Dictionary)