different between aks vs paks

English

Etymology

Old English axian (“ask”); see ax for more.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /æks/, /??ks/

Verb

aks (third-person singular simple present aks or akses, present participle aksing, simple past and past participle aksed)

1. (dialectal, now chiefly West Africa, African-American Vernacular and MLE) To ask.

Anagrams

• ASK, Ask, KAs, KSA, SKA, ask, kas, ska

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse ax.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aks/

Noun

aks n (singular definite akset, plural indefinite aks)

1. ear (fruiting body of a grain plant)
2. spike (ear of grain)

Inflection

Dutch

Alternative forms

• aaks (dated)
• akst (archaic, literary)

Etymology

From Middle Dutch aex, from Old Dutch *acus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ks/
• Hyphenation: aks
• Rhymes: -?ks

Noun

aks f (plural aksen)

1. An axe, usually denoting a heavy axe.

   Synonym: bijl

Jamaican Creole

Alternative forms

• aaks, ax

Etymology

From English ask.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???ks/, /???ks/
• Hyphenation: aks

Verb

aks

1. ask

Further reading

• Richard Allsopp (main editor), Dictionary of Caribbean English Usage, 2003 (reprint by The University of the West Indies Press, originally 1996 by Oxford University Press), ISBN 9789766401450 (originally ISBN-10: 976-640-145-4), page 20

Nigerian Pidgin

Etymology

From English ask.

Verb

aks

1. ask

Tsimshian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?aks]

Noun

aks

1. water

Verb

aks

1. (transitive, intransitive) drink
2. (intransitive) be wet

References

• John Asher Dunn, Sm'algyax: A Reference Dictionary and Grammar (1995, ?ISBN

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from French axe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aks/

Noun

aks (definite accusative aksi, plural aksler)

1. axis

Synonyms

• dingil
• eksen

References

• aks in Turkish dictionaries at Türk Dil Kurumu

Westrobothnian

Etymology 1

From Old Norse ax, from Proto-Germanic *ahs?.

Noun

aks n

1. An ear (of corn.)
2. A barb (of hook.)
3. A tooth (of key.)

Derived terms

• aksgäl

Verb

aks

1. Ears of corn remain on the field.

Etymology 2

From Dutch actie, German Aktie, from Latin ?cti? (“action.”)

Noun

aks n

1. (finance) A share.

References

English

Noun

paks

1. plural of pak

Anagrams

• pKas

Estonian

Etymology

Related to Finnish paksu.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?ks

Adjective

paks (genitive paksu, partitive paksu)

1. fat

Declension

Veps

Etymology

Related to Estonian paks, Finnish paksu.

Adjective

paks

1. thick, dense
2. frequent
3. common

Inflection

Derived terms

• paksuta

References

• Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007) , “??????, ??????”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovar? [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika