aks

Etymology

From Old English acsian (“ask”); see ax for more.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /æks/, /ɑːks/
• Rhymes: -æks, -ɑːks

Verb

aks (third-person singular simple present aks or akses, present participle aksing, simple past and past participle aksed)

1. (dialectal, now chiefly West Africa, African-American Vernacular, MLE, Bermuda, West Country, Maori English and Ireland) To ask.
   • 1865, William Stott Banks, A List of Provincial Words in Use at Wakefield in Yorkshire‎, London: J.R.Smith, page 3:

     AKS, ask.

   • 2004, Larry Dean Hamilton, A Gathering of Angels, page 132:

     Another thing, kid, don't aks me no more questions tonight.

Anagrams

• ASK, Ask, KAs, KSA, SAK, SKA, ask, kas, ska

Etymology

From Old Norse ax.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aks/

Noun

aks n (singular definite akset, plural indefinite aks)

1. ear (fruiting body of a grain plant)
2. spike (ear of grain)

Alternative forms

• aaks (dated)
• akst (archaic, literary)

Etymology

From Middle Dutch aex, from Old Dutch acus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑks/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: aks
• Rhymes: -ɑks

Noun

aks f (plural aksen)

1. an axe, usually denoting a heavy axe

   Synonym: bijl

Etymology

From dialectal English aks, from ask.

Noun

aks

1. to ask

References

• Samad, Daizal R., Harripersaud, Ashwannie (2023) A Dictionary of Guyanese Words and Expressions, Blue Rose Publishers, →ISBN, page 2
• Henry, Edgar A. (2022) The Guyanese Slang Alphabet, Dorrance Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 37

Alternative forms

• aaks, ax

Etymology

From English ask.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑːks/, /ˈɔːks/
• Hyphenation: aks

Verb

aks

1. to ask

   Aks Teddy ef 'im a guh a farin nex' week.

   Ask Teddy if he's going to the USA next week.

   • 2013, Loron-Jon Stokes, Citizen Class 5, →ISBN, page 267:

     “"Mi cyan gi'e teh yeh deh t'ings yeh aks fuh [...]”

     I can't give you the things you've asked for.

Further reading

• Richard Allsopp, editor (1996), Dictionary of Caribbean English Usage, Kingston, Jamaica: University of the West Indies Press, published 2003, →ISBN, page 20

Etymology

From English ask.

Verb

aks

1. ask

Etymology

From Old Norse ax.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aks/

Noun

aks n (definite singular akset, indefinite plural aks, definite plural aksa or aksene)

1. ear (fruiting body of a grain plant)
2. spike (ear of grain)

References

• “aks” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Etymology

From Old Norse ax.

Noun

aks n (definite singular akset, indefinite plural aks, definite plural aksa)

1. ear (fruiting body of a grain plant)

References

• “aks” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʔaks]

Noun

aks

1. water

Verb

aks

1. (ambitransitive) drink
2. (intransitive) be wet

References

• John Asher Dunn, Sm'algyax: A Reference Dictionary and Grammar (1995, →ISBN

Etymology

Borrowed from French axe, from Latin axis, from Proto-Italic *aksis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱs-i-s.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑks/

Noun

aks (definite accusative aksi, plural aksler)

1. axis

References

• “aks”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عَكْس (ʕaks). Compare Turkish akis (“reverse, opposite”)

Adjective

aks (comparative aksroq, superlative eng aks)

1. contrary, adverse, reverse