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akan

1. (Alak) woman

• kan (Harak)

• Theraphan L. Thongkum, The place of Lawi, Harak and Tariang within Bahnaric (1997), in The Mon-Khmer Studies Journal, volume 27

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑkɑn/, [ˈɑ̝kɑ̝n]
• Rhymes: -ɑkɑn
• Hyphenation^(key): akan

From Akan Akan.

• akani

akan

1. Akan (West African language spoken mainly in Ghana and Ivory Coast)

akan

1. genitive singular of akka

• -kaan, kana

From Proto-Gbe *akã́. Cognates include Fon akán, Saxwe Gbe akán, Adja akan, Ewe aka

• IPA^(key): /à.kã́/

àkán (plural àkán lɛ́ or àkán lẹ́)

1. charcoal

• kan, 'kan (clipping)

Inherited from Malay akan, from Proto-Malayic *akən, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *akən.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈakan/ [ˈa.kan]
• Rhymes: -akan
• Syllabification: a‧kan

akan

1. (auxiliary) Used to mark future tense.

   Aku akan makan setelah menyapu lantai.

   I'm going to eat after sweeping the floor.

akan

1. of, about

   kaya akan keberagaman/tradisi ― rich in diversity/traditions

2. (obsolete) for

• “akan” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

• kan (clipping)

Inherited from Classical Malay اكن (akan), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *aken (“preposition, on, upon; applicative marker”). Doublet of -kan.

• IPA^(key): [a.kan]
• Rhymes: -kan, -an
• Hyphenation: a‧kan

akan (Jawi spelling اکن)

1. (literary) For.

   Synonyms: untuk, bagi, buat, pada

   Beli buku akan daku.

   Buy a book for me.

2. (literary) Used to connect intransitive verbs with nouns.

   Adam suka akan bahasa Jepun.

   Adam likes Japanese.

3. (literary) About, in regards to.

   Synonyms: mengenai, tentang, perihal, adapun

akan (Jawi spelling اکن)

1. (modal, auxiliary) Will, to be going to.

   Synonyms: bakal, nak

   Saya akan melawat datuk saya.

   I will visit my grandfather.

• Indonesian: akan
• Peranakan Indonesian: aken

• “akan” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

akan

1. (transitive) to ignite, set on fire

• Harrison, Sheldon P., Mokilese-English Dictionary, University of Hawaii Press 1977

akan m (definite singular akanen, uncountable)

1. Akan language

akan m (definite singular akanen, uncountable)

1. Akan language

Possibly related to Èkìtì Yoruba ịgọ́n, Ọ̀wọ̀ Yoruba igán

• IPA^(key): /á.kã́/

ákán

1. hawk

• ugo (“eagle”)
• ẹyẹ (“bird”)

akan m (uncountable)

1. Alternative spelling of acã

akan m or f by sense (plural akans)

1. Alternative spelling of acã

akan

1. third-person singular present indicative of akay

From Proto-Chamic *ʔikaːn, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hikan, from Proto-Austronesian *Sikan.

akan (classifier drei)

1. fish

• James A. Tharp, Y-Bhăm Ƀuôn-yǎ (1980) A Rhade-English Dictionary with English-Rhade Finderlist (Pacific Linguistics. Series C-58)‎^[1], Canberra: Pacific Linguistics, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University, →ISBN, archived from the original on 1 November 2021, page 3

akan f

1. (uncountable) Akan (language)

akan

1. deleb palm

• Dinka-English Dictionary‎^[2], 2005

• acano

akan m (uncountable)

1. Akan (Niger-Congo language)
2. Akan (language group spoken in Ghana)

akan

1. Romanization of 𒁛 (akan)

Proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruboid *á-kɪ̃ã̀rã́. Cognates include Nupe kara, Igala íkáakàla, Olukumi akakara, Khana àka, Ayere anká

• IPA^(key): /ā.kã̀/

akàn

1. crab

Yoruba Varieties and Languages - akàn (“crab”)
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Language Family	Variety Group	Variety/Language	Subdialect	Location	Words
Proto-Itsekiri-SEY	Ìtsẹkírì	Ìwẹrẹ	idibi
Olùkùmi	Ugbódù	akakara
Proto-Yoruba	Northwest Yoruba	Standard Yorùbá	Nàìjíríà	akàn, alákàn
Bɛ̀nɛ̀	akàn, alákàn
Northeast Yoruba/Okun	Owé	Kabba	akọ̀n
Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba	Ifɛ̀	Akpáré	akã̀rã́
Atakpamɛ	akã̀rã́
Tchetti (Tsɛti, Cɛti)	akã̀rã́
Note: This amalgamation of terms comes from a number of different academic papers focused on the unique varieties and languages spoken in the Yoruboid dialectal continuum which extends from eastern Togo to southern Nigeria. The terms for spoken varieties, now deemed dialects of Yorùbá in Nigeria (i.e. Southeast Yorùbá, Northwest Yorùbá, Central Yorùbá, and Northeast Yorùbá), have converged with those of Standard Yorùbá leading to the creation of what can be labeled Common Yorùbá (Funṣọ Akere, 1977). It can be assumed that the Standard Yorùbá term can also be used in most Nigerian varieties alongside native terms, especially amongst younger speakers. This does not apply to the other Nigerian Yoruboid languages of Ìṣẹkírì and Olùkùmi, nor the Èdè Languages of Benin and Togo.