аки

See also: яки

Nivkh

Etymology

Earlier (*akan). Maybe related to *ake, compare Evenki акин (akin), Mongolic *aka, compare Mongolian ах (ax), and also Ainu アㇰ (ak, “younger brother”).

Noun

аки (aki)

(Sakhalin) elder brother; big brother

Synonyms

аӄан (aqan) (Sakhalin)
аӄанд (aqand) (Sakhalin)
ыкын (əkən) (Amur)

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic акы (aky).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈakʲɪ]
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Adverb

а́ки • (áki)

(archaic, ironic) like, as
ржал а́ки конь ― ržal áki konʹ ― laughed like a horse

Synonym: (regular term) как (kak)

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