anka

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See also: Anka, -anka, and änka

Japanese

Romanization

anka

  1. Rōmaji transcription of あんか

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 *onk-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂onk-, from *h₂enk-. Cognate with Latvian añka, Proto-Slavic *ǫkotь, Ancient Greek ὄγκος (ónkos), Latin uncus, Sanskrit अङ्क (aṅká).

Noun

anka ? stress pattern 1

  1. loop, ring

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

Quechua

Noun

anka

  1. eagle

Declension


Swedish

Pronunciation

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

See also


Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English anchor.

Noun

anka

  1. anchor

Verb

anka

  1. to anchor