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===Etymology===
===Etymology===
From Latin ''[[anas#Latin|anas, anātis]]'', from Proto-Indo-European ''[[Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₂énh₂t-|*h₂énh₂t-]]'' (“duck”).
From Latin ''[[anas#Latin|anas, anātis]]'', from Proto-Indo-European ''[[Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₂énh₂t-|*h₂énh₂t-]]'' (“duck”). {{rfv-etymology|sv|not from Middle Low German? or other Germanic cognate of the Latin word?}}


===Pronunciation===
===Pronunciation===

Revision as of 10:15, 7 August 2020

See also: Anka, -anka, and änka

Japanese

Romanization

anka

  1. Rōmaji transcription of あんか

Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese anca.

Noun

anka

  1. hip (upper part of the leg)

Latvian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *onk-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂onk-, from *h₂enk-. Cognate with Lithuanian ánka (loop, ring), Proto-Slavic *ǫkotь, Ancient Greek ὄγκος (ónkos), Latin uncus, Sanskrit अङ्क (aṅká).

Noun

añka ?

  1. rope used to fasten a sail to a mast

References

  • Derksen, Rick (2015) “anka”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 56

Lithuanian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *ankas, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ónkos.

Noun

ánka ? stress pattern 1

  1. loop, ring

Further reading

  • Derksen, Rick (2015) “anka”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 56

Quechua

Noun

anka

  1. eagle
  2. (Cuzco) bird of prey
    Synonym: aqchi

Declension


Rwanda-Rundi

Verb

-ânka (infinitive kwânka, perfective -ânse)

  1. (Kirundi) hate, dislike
  2. (Kirundi) reject, refuse

Synonyms

Derived terms


Swedish

Etymology

From Latin anas, anātis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂énh₂t- (“duck”). Template:rfv-etymology

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈaŋˌka/
  • audio:(file)
anka

Noun

anka c

  1. domesticated duck

Declension

Declension of anka 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative anka ankan ankor ankorna
Genitive ankas ankans ankors ankornas

Descendants

  • Finnish: ankka

See also

Anagrams


Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English anchor.

Noun

anka

  1. anchor

Verb

anka

  1. to anchor