أكو
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Iraqi Arabic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Arabic يكون (“he/it is”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Determiner[edit]
أكو (aku)
- there is
- اكو واحد گِدّامَك
- aku wāḥid giddāmak
- there is someone in front of you
See also[edit]
Ternate[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
أكو (Rumi aku)
- (auxiliary) to be allowed, may
- أكو ؤواة سکالي٢ أن إهورو سسيرة ― aku ua sakali-sakali ana ihoru sosira ― it is absolutely not allowed that they paddle earlier
Usage notes[edit]
As an auxiliary, أكو (aku) follows the main verb. It may take the subject clitics (o, mo, etc.) only either for emphasis or when أكو (aku) is used as the sole verb in a sentence.
References[edit]
- Frederik Sigismund Alexander de Clercq (1890) Bijdragen tot de kennis der Residentie Ternate, E.J. Brill
- Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh