Noun: aka
Hyphenation:
Gender: Feminine
Declension:
Singular
| Nominative | aka |
| Accusative | aku |
| Genitive | akas |
| Dative | akai |
| Instrumental | aku |
| Locative | akā |
| Vocative | aka |
Plural
| Nominative | akas |
| Accusative | akas |
| Genitive | aku |
| Dative | akām |
| Instrumental | akām |
| Locative | akās |
| Vocative | akas |
Sample Sentences
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artēziskā aka (artesian well)
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drenāžas aka (drain well)
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akas ūdens (well water)
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akas vinda (well winch)
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akas grodi (well curb)
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rakt aku (to dig a well)
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iet uz aku pēc ūdens (to go to a well for (= to get) water)
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tumšs kā akā (as dark as in a well (= very dark))
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Līču pagalmā ir... dziļa un stipriem grodiem izbūvēta aka (in the backyard of the Līcis (family)... there is a deep well, built with a strong curb)
Nouns inflected like aka
tulkošana,
secība,
sezona,
saruna,
sajūta,
samaņa,
smarža,
skudra,
sklēra,
muļķība,
pirmdiena,
bebrāda,
skaudība,
kaklarota,
psihiatrija,
vīksna,
vīnoga,
izmaksa,
sešpaka,
melnaugļu aronija, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Proto-Baltic *ak- (with an extra -ā), from Proto-Indo-European *okʷ-, from *h₃okʷ-, *h₃ekʷ- “eye”, whence also Latvian acs “eye”, (q.v.); in fact, aka is, historically speaking, a variant of acs. The semantic relation goes clearly via the similarity of a hole (from which one obtains water) to an eye. Initially probably used for “ice-hole” (like its Lithuanian cognate), and later “well.” Cognates (in addition to those listed under acs) include Lithuanian akà, ãkas (“ice-hole”), Old Church Slavonic око (oko, “eye”) (gen. очесе (očese)), Russian poetic о́ко (óko), Bulgarian око́ (okó), Czech, Polish oko, Ancient Greek ὀπή (opḗ, “hole, opening, cave; visiion”). See: Latvian Nouns '
acs', Polish Nouns '
oko', Ancient Greek Nouns '
ὀπή'.
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