akas

See also: akās

Indonesian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈa.kas/
  • Rhymes: -kas, -as, -s
  • Hyphenation: a‧kas

Etymology 1

Inherited from Malay akas (dexterous).

Adjective

akas

  1. dexterous
    Synonyms: cekatan, gesit
Derived terms
  • keakasan

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Hindi आकाश (ākāś), from Sanskrit आकाश (ākāśa).

Noun

akas (plural akas-akas, first-person possessive akasku, second-person possessive akasmu, third-person possessive akasnya)

  1. Alternative spelling of angkasa

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Sundanese [Term?] and Borrowed from Javanese ꦲꦏꦱ꧀ (akas, crusty: hard and dry), from Old Javanese akas (hard, inflexible, unyielding, obstinate), kas (hardness, inflexibility).

Noun

akas (plural akas-akas, first-person possessive akasku, second-person possessive akasmu, third-person possessive akasnya)

  1. iron and steel alloy

Adjective

akas

  1. crusty: hard and dry

Etymology 4

Borrowed from Minangkabau [Term?]

Verb

akas

  1. to split in two lengthways

Etymology 5

Inherited from Malay akas, from Arabic عَكْس (ʕaks, contrary; reverse; opposite).

Noun

akas (first-person possessive akasku, second-person possessive akasmu, third-person possessive akasnya)

  1. opposite
    Synonyms: kebalikan, lawan

Further reading

Kom (Cameroon)

Noun

akas

  1. iron
  2. metal used as roofing material

References

  • Randy Jones, Provisional Kom - English lexicon (2001, Yaoundé, Cameroon)

Latvian

Noun

akas f

  1. inflection of aka:
    1. genitive singular
    2. nominative/vocative/accusative plural

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English acacia.

Noun

akas

  1. acacia tree
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