ako

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ako"

Languages (29)

Translingual

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Akan • Aklanon • Alangan • Asi • Cebuano • Central Bikol • Ewe • Hanunoo • Hawaiian • Hiligaynon • Indonesian • Inonhan • Japanese • Kapampangan • Lower Sorbian • Mansaka • Māori • Mapudungun • Maranao • Quitemo • Ratagnon • Serbo-Croatian • Slovak • Swahili • Tagalog • Ternate • West Miraya Bikol • Ye'kwana

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Translingual

Etymology

Abbreviation of English Akurio.

Symbol

ako

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Akurio.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Akurio terms

Akan

Noun

ako

1. parrot

Aklanon

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Austronesian *(i-)aku

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)aku

Aklanon ako

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)aku.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔaˈko/ [ʔaˈko]
• Rhymes: -o
• Syllabification: a‧ko

Pronoun

ako

1. I

Related terms

• akon

Etymology 2

Etymology tree

Proto-Austronesian *aku

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *aku

Proto-Philippine *akuʔ

Aklanon ako

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *akuʔ (“accept responsibility”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *aku (“I; claim as one's own; mine”), from Proto-Austronesian *aku.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔakoʔ/ [ˈʔaː.koʔ]
• Rhymes: -akoʔ
• Syllabification: a‧ko

Noun

akò

1. assuming of responsibility; taking upon oneself;
2. avowing
3. admittance of one's guilt

Derived terms

• mainakoon
• Makaako
• pangako

Alangan

Pronoun

akó

1. I; me

Asi

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Austronesian *(i-)aku

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)aku

Proto-Philippine *akú

Asi ako

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *akú, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)aku, from Proto-Austronesian *(i-)aku.

Pronoun

akó

1. I (first-person singular pronoun)

Cebuano

Alternative forms

• aco — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling
• aho — Bohol
• ko — short form
• oka, oks, akis — gay slang

Etymology 1

From Proto-Philippine *akú (“I”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *aku (“I”), from Proto-Austronesian *aku.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔaˈko/ [ʔaˈko]
• Hyphenation: a‧ko

Pronoun

akó (Badlit spelling ᜀᜃᜓ)

1. 1st person direct-marked pronoun: I, me

   ako lang ― I'll do it

   nipalit ko sa sinina ― I bought the dress

   anak ko sa Ginoo ― I am a child of God

   ako ang nikaon ― I am the one who ate

Usage notes

• Direct-marked (focused) pronouns are commonly placed after the verb, or the first noun of the nominal predicate that they modify. Pronouns in this position are almost always in their short form (in this case, ko); the full form (ako) may be used to make the sentence sound more formal, or it may be placed before the verb or noun which gives the same effect.

  nikaon ko og mansanas ― I ate an apple (casual)

  nikaon ako og mansanas ― I ate an apple (formal)

  ako nikaon og mansanas ― I ate an apple (formal)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Austronesian *akən (“1sg oblique”). Cognate with Hiligaynon akon, Tagalog akin.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Cebuano) IPA^(key): /ˈʔakoʔ/ [ˈʔaː.koʔ]
• (Bohol) IPA^(key): /ˈʔahoʔ/ [ˈʔaː.hoʔ]
• Hyphenation: a‧ko

Pronoun

akò (Badlit spelling ᜀᜃᜓ)

1. 1st person preposed indirect-marked pronoun
   1. (possessive) my; mine

      Coordinate terms: akoa, (postposed) nako

      akong balay ― my house

   2. (object of verb) (by) me, I

      ako/akong gipalit ang sinina

      The dress was bought by me/I bought the dress

See also

Cebuano personal pronouns

			direct		indirect (postposed)		indirect (preposed)		oblique
	Length:		full	short1	full	short2	base	suffixed -a	full	short
singular	first person		akó	ko	nakò3	ko3	akò	akóa	kanakò	nakò
	second person		ikáw	ka	nímo	mo	ímo	imóha	kanímo	nímo
	third person		siyá		níya		íya	iyáha	kaníya	níya
plural	first person	inclusive	kitá	ta	natò	ta	atò	atóa	kanatò	natò
		exclusive	kamí	mi	namò		amò	amóa	kanamò	namò
	second person		kamó	mo	nínyo		ínyo	inyóha	kanínyo	nínyo
	third person		silá		níla		íla	iláha	kaníla	níla

¹ Forms in this column are placed after the verb or predicate they modify, and never used at the start of sentences.
² Forms in this column are literary and rarely used colloquially.
³ Ta is used over nako or ko where the focus is a second-person singular pronoun.

Central Bikol

Etymology 1

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Proto-Austronesian *(i-)aku

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)aku

Proto-Philippine *akú

Central Bikol ako

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *akú, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)aku, from Proto-Austronesian *(i-)aku.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: a‧ko
• IPA^(key): /ʔaˈko/ [ʔaˈko]

Pronoun

akó (Basahan spelling ᜀᜃᜓ)

1. I; me (first-person singular pronoun)

See also

Central Bikol personal pronouns

Person	Number	Absolute		Ergative		Oblique
Length		Full	Short	Full	Short
First	singular	ako		ko		sakuya, sako
	plural inclusive	kita		nyato	ta	satuya, sato
	plural exclusive	kami		nyamo	mi	samuya, samo
Second	singular	ika	ka	mo		saimo, simo
	plural	kamo		nindo		saindo
Third	singular	siya		niya		saiya
	plural	sinda		ninda		sainda

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: a‧ko
• IPA^(key): /ˈʔakoʔ/ [ˈʔa.koʔ]

Noun

akò (Basahan spelling ᜀᜃᜓ)

1. acceptance; admission

   Antonym: sayuma

Derived terms

• akuon
• mag-ako
• pag-ako

See also

• bawal
• ngalad
• tugot
• uyon

Ewe

Etymology

Likely onomatopoeic. Related to Akan ako, Ga akoo and Igbo okooko.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /á.kò/

Noun

ákò (definite singular ákò lá or ákòà, plural ákòwó, definite plural ákòàwó)

1. parrot
2. (more specifically) grey parrot (Psittacus erithacus)

References

• Westermann, Dietrich Verfasser (1905), “ako”, in Wörterbuch der Ewe-Sprache [Dictionary of the Ewe language]‎^[3] (in German), Berlin: Dietrich Reimer, section I, page 270
• Westermann, Dietrich Verfasser (1906), “ako”, in Wörterbuch der Ewe-Sprache [Dictionary of the Ewe language]‎^[4] (in German), Berlin: Dietrich Reimer, section II, page 136
• Jim-Fugar, Dr. M.K.N.; Jim-Fugar, Nicholine (2017), “ako”, in Nuseline's Ewe-English Dictionary, 1st edition, Togo: Independently published, →ISBN, page 17

Hanunoo

Etymology 1

From Proto-Philippine *akú (“I”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *aku (“I”), from Proto-Austronesian *aku.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔaˈku/ [ʔaˈko]
• Rhymes: -u
• Syllabification: a‧ko

Pronoun

akó (Hanunoo spelling ᜠᜣᜳ)

1. 1st person nominative pronoun: I; me

   Synonyms: (literary) kaa, (literary) ho, (literary) hom

See also

Hanunoo personal pronouns

Person	Number	Direct	Indirect	Oblique
First	singular	ako	niko	kangko, kang
	plural inclusive	kita	nita	kanta
	plural exclusive	kami	nimi	kanmi
Second	singular	kawo, ka	nimo	kanmo
	plural	kamo	niyo	kanyo
Third	singular	siya	niya	kanya
	plural	sida	nida	kanda

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• ako'

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔakuʔ/ [ˈʔa.koʔ]
• Rhymes: -akuʔ
• Syllabification: a‧ko

Noun

akò (Hanunoo spelling ᜠᜣᜳ)

1. betterment; improvement

Derived terms

• maakuan

Etymology 3

From Proto-Philippine *akuʔ (“accept responsibility”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *aku (“I; claim as one's own; mine”), from Proto-Austronesian *aku.

Alternative forms

• ako'

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔakuʔ/ [ˈʔa.koʔ]
• Rhymes: -akuʔ
• Syllabification: a‧ko

Noun

akò (Hanunoo spelling ᜠᜣᜳ)

1. promise

Derived terms

• pangako

Further reading

• Conklin, Harold C. (1953), Hanunóo-English Vocabulary (University of California Publications in Linguistics), volume 9, London, England: University of California Press, →OCLC, page 23

Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *qato, from Proto-Central Pacific *qato, from Proto-Oceanic *qatop, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *qatəp, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *qatəp, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qatəp. Cognates include Māori, Samoan, and Tongan ato.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.ko/, [ˈɐ.ko]

Noun

ako

1. thatching

Verb

ako

1. (transitive) to thatch

References

• Pukui, Mary Kawena; Elbert, Samuel H. (1986), “ako”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, →ISBN, page 14

Hiligaynon

Pronoun

ako

1. I

See also

Hiligaynon personal pronouns

		absolute (ang/si)		ergative (sa/ni)		ergative (preposed)	oblique (sa)
		full	short	full	short	full
first	singular	ako	ko*	nakon	ko	akon	sa akon
	plural inclusive	kita		naton	ta	aton	sa aton
	plural exclusive	kami		namon		amon	sa amon
second	singular	ikaw	ka	nimo	mo	imo	sa imo
	plural	kamo		ninyo		inyo	sa inyo
third	singular	siya		niya		iya	sa iya
	plural	sila		nila		ila	sa ila

Indonesian

Etymology

From Hakka 阿哥 (â-kô, “elder brother”). Doublet of akeo and engkoh.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /akeo/
• Hyphenation: a‧keo

Noun

ako (plural ako-ako)

1. son

Further reading

• “ako”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Inonhan

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Austronesian *(i-)aku

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)aku

Proto-Philippine *akú

Inonhan ako

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *akú, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)aku, from Proto-Austronesian *(i-)aku.

Pronoun

ako

1. I (personal pronoun)

Japanese

Romanization

ako

1. Rōmaji transcription of あこ

Kapampangan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈako/ [ˈa.xo]
• Hyphenation: a‧ko

Pronoun

áku

1. alternative spelling of aku
2. alternative spelling of ngako
3. alternative spelling of ngaku

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.kɔ/
• Rhymes: -akɔ
• Syllabification: a‧ko

Adverb

ako

1. like, as

   Synonym: kaž

Conjunction

ako

1. like, as

   Synonym: kaž

Further reading

• Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928), “ako”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
• Starosta, Manfred (1999), “ako”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

Mansaka

Etymology

From aku, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)aku.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈko/
• Hyphenation: a‧ko

Pronoun

ako

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Usage notes

The short form, ak, is very common in everyday use, specially in fast speech.

Declension

Person	Nominative				Genitive and Oblique
	Singular		Plural		Singular		Plural
	Initial	Middle / Final	Initial	Middle / Final	Initial	Middle / Final	Initial	Middle / Final
1st	ako	—	kami (excl.) kita (incl.)	—	kanak	—	kanami (excl.) kanatun (incl.)	—
2nd	ikaw	kaw	kamu	—	kanmo	—	kanmayu	—
3rd	iyaan	yaan	silan	—	kanaan	—	kanilan	—

1. I, me

   Ak' man yang yagauya disaan.

   I am the one who lives there.

   Di man ak' magapadadag.

   I will not let myself being abused.

   Ako man yaan!

   That's me!

Māori

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *ako, from Proto-Central Pacific *ako, from Proto-Oceanic *akop. Cognates include Hawaiian and Samoan aʻo and Tongan ako.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈako/ [ˈɐkɔ]

Verb

ako (passive akohia or akona or akongia or akoria)

1. to learn, to study

Derived terms

• akoako (“consult together”, verb)
• ākonga (“learner”)
• akoranga (“learning”)

Further reading

• John C. Moorfield (2011), “ako”, in Te Aka: Māori–English, English–Māori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, →ISBN

Mapudungun

Garlic

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish ajo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈko/

Noun

ako (Unified spelling, Raguileo spelling, Azumchefi spelling)

1. garlic

Synonyms

• asus

Maranao

Etymology

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Proto-Austronesian *(i-)aku

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)aku

Maranao ako

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)aku.

Pronoun

ako

1. I

Quitemo

Noun

ako

1. water

References

• Čestmír Loukotka, ‎Johannes Wilbert (editor), Classification of South American Indian Languages (1968, Los Angeles: Latin American Studies Center, University of California), page(s) 162

Ratagnon

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Austronesian *(i-)aku

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)aku

Proto-Philippine *akú

Ratagnon ako

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *akú, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)aku, from Proto-Austronesian *(i-)aku.

Pronoun

akó

1. I (first-person singular pronoun)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *jako (“how, in which way”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /âko/
• Hyphenation: a‧ko

Conjunction

ȁko (Cyrillic spelling а̏ко)

1. if

   ako ovo je kraj ― if this is the end

Usage notes

Ako is used to express indicative mood; to express subjunctive mood, da or kad are generally used instead.

Synonyms

• če, či (Kajkavian)

Slovak

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ís

Proto-Balto-Slavic *is

Proto-Slavic *jь

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Proto-Balto-Slavic *-kas

Proto-Slavic *-kъ

Proto-Slavic *jakъ

Proto-Slavic *jako

Slovak ako

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *jako (“how, in which way”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /akɔ/, [ˈakɔ]
• Rhymes: -akɔ
• Hyphenation: a‧ko

Conjunction

ako

1. as
2. like

Further reading

• “ako”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026

Swahili

Pronunciation

• (Unguja standard) IPA^(key): /ˈɑ.kɔ/

• Audio (Kenya):

  (file)

Adjective

-ako (declinable)

1. your (second-person singular possessive adjective)

Inflection

Inflected forms of -ako

Noun class	singular	plural
m-wa class(I/II)	wako	wako
m-mi class(III/IV)	wako	yako
ji-ma class(V/VI)	lako	yako
ki-vi class(VII/VIII)	chako	vyako
n class(IX/X)	yako	zako
u class(XI)	wako	see n(X) or ma(VI) class
pa class(XVI)	pako
ku class(XVII)	kwako
mu class(XVIII)	mwako

See also

Swahili possessive adjectives

			singular	plural
1st person			-angu	-etu
2nd person			-ako	-enu
3rd person			-ake	-ao (animate) -ake (inanimate)

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• aco — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling
• aq — text messaging
• akesh, aketch, akiz — gay slang

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Austronesian *(i-)aku

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)aku

Proto-Philippine *akú

Tagalog ako

From Proto-Philippine *akú (“I”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *aku (“I”), from Proto-Austronesian *aku.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔaˈko/ [ʔɐˈx̠o]
• Rhymes: -o
• Syllabification: a‧ko

Pronoun

akó (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜃᜓ)

1. 1st person nominative pronoun: I; me

   Synonym: (gay slang) watashi

   Pupunta po ako sa simbahan, Inay.

   I am going to church, Mother.

   Bigyan mo ako ng makakain.

   Give me something to eat.

   Akong ako 'to.

   This is really me.

Derived terms

• ako si
• kaakuhan
• maako
• makaako
• wala akong paki

See also

Tagalog personal pronouns

Person	Number	Direct (ang)	Indirect (ng)	Oblique (sa)
First	singular	ako	ko	akin
	dual1	kita, kata	nita, nata, ta	kanita, kanata, ata
	plural inclusive	tayo	natin	atin
	plural exclusive	kami	namin	amin
First & Second	singular	kita2
Second	singular	ikaw, ka	mo	iyo
	plural	kayo, kamo	ninyo, niyo	inyo
Third	singular	siya	niya	kaniya
	plural	sila	nila	kanila

¹ First person dual pronouns are not commonly used in Standard Tagalog.
² Replaces ko ikaw.

Etymology 2

Etymology tree

Proto-Austronesian *(i-)aku

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)aku

Proto-Philippine *akuʔ

Tagalog ako

From Proto-Philippine *akuʔ (“accept responsibility”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *aku (“I; claim as one's own; mine”), from Proto-Austronesian *aku.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈʔakoʔ/ [ˈʔaː.x̠oʔ]
• Rhymes: -akoʔ
• Syllabification: a‧ko

Noun

akò (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜃᜓ)

1. act of assuming the responsibility, obligation, or duties

Derived terms

• akong napapako
• akong tapon
• akuin
• iako
• ipangako
• mangako
• mapagpangako
• mapangako
• pangako
• pangakuan
• tagaako
• umako

Further reading

• “ako”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*aku”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Anagrams

• Koa

Ternate

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʔa.ko]

Noun

ako

1. penis

References

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001), A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

West Miraya Bikol

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Austronesian *(i-)aku

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)aku

Proto-Philippine *akú

West Miraya Bikol ako

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *akú, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)aku, from Proto-Austronesian *(i-)aku.

Pronoun

ako (personal pronoun)

1. I (personal pronoun)

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies

ALIV	ako
Brazilian standard	ako
New Tribes	aco

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ako]

Noun

ako

1. mortar and pestle

References

• Costa, Isabella Coutinho; Silva, Marcelo Costa da; Rodrigues, Edmilson Magalhães (2021), “ako”, in Portal Japiim: Dicionário Ye'kwana‎^[5], Museu do Índio/FUNAI