different between aver vs aker

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English averren (“to corroborate (a statement); to cite (something) as corroboration or proof; (law) to prove (something) in court; to declare (something) under oath as true; to prove (a case) by a jury’s oaths”) [and other forms], from Old French averer (modern French avérer (“to reveal, uncover; to prove (to be), transpire”)), from Late Latin *adv?r?re (“to make true; to prove to be true; to verify”), the present active infinitive of Late Latin *adv?r? (“to make true; to prove to be true”), from Latin ad- (prefix forming factitive verbs meaning ‘to make (something) have the properties of [the adjective or noun to which it is attached]’) + v?rus (“actual, real, true; genuine; proper, suitable; just, right”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weh?- (“true”)) + -? (suffix forming regular first-conjugation verbs).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??v??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??v?/
• Rhymes: -??(?)

Verb

aver (third-person singular simple present avers, present participle averring or (obsolete) avering, simple past and past participle averred or (obsolete) avered)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To assert the truth of (something); to affirm (something) with confidence; to declare (something) in a positive manner.
2. (transitive, intransitive, law) To justify or prove (an allegation or plea that one has made).
3. (transitive, obsolete) To avouch, prove, or verify the existence or happening of (something), or to offer to do so.

Conjugation

Derived terms

• averrable
• averred (adjective)
• averrer

Related terms

• averment

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English aver, avere (“workhorse; any beast of burden (?); things which are owned, possessions, property, wealth; state of being rich, wealth; ownership, possession”) [and other forms], and then either:

• from Old French aver, aveir, avoir (“possession, property; (collectively) beasts of burden; domestic animals; cattle”) (modern French avoir (“asset, possession”)), from aveir, avoir (“to have”), from Latin hab?re, the present active infinitive of habe? (“to have, hold; to have, own (possessions)”), from Proto-Indo-European *g?eh?b?-, *??eh?b?- (“to grab, take”); or
• from Old English eafor (“workhorse; tenant’s obligation to transport goods”), further etymology uncertain.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?e?v?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?e?v?/
• Homophone: Ava

Noun

aver (plural avers)

1. (Britain, dialectal, archaic) A beast of burden; chiefly a workhorse, but also a working ox or other animal.
2. (Northern England, Scotland, dialectal, archaic) An old, useless horse; a nag.

References

Anagrams

• AVRE, Rave, Vera, evar, rave, vare, vera

Corsican

Verb

aver

1. Alternative form of avè

Italian

Alternative forms

• haver (obsolete spelling)

Verb

aver

1. Apocopic form of avere

Anagrams

• vera

Ladino

Etymology

From Old Spanish aver, from Latin habe? (“hold, have”).

Verb

aver (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling ?????)

1. to have

Middle English

Etymology

From Old French aver, aveir, avoir (“possession, property; (collectively) beasts of burden; domestic animals; cattle”) (modern French avoir (“asset, possession”)), from aveir, avoir (“to have”), from Latin hab?re, the present active infinitive of habe? (“to have, hold; to have, own (possessions)”), from Proto-Indo-European *g?eh?b?-, *??eh?b?- (“to grab, take”).

Noun

aver (plural avers)

1. Belongings, possessions, property, wealth.

References

Norman

Alternative forms

• aveir (Guernsey)

Etymology

From Old French aveir, from Latin habe? (“have, hold, possess”).

Verb

aver

1. (Jersey, alternative form in Guernsey) to have

Conjugation

Derived terms

Occitan

Etymology

From Old Occitan aver, haver, from Latin habe? (“to have, hold, keep”).

Pronunciation

Verb

aver

1. to have; to possess

   Synonym: possedir

2. (auxiliary) to have

Conjugation

Derived terms

• aver luòc

Old French

Verb

aver

1. Alternative form of avoir

Noun

aver m (oblique plural avers, nominative singular avers, nominative plural aver)

1. Alternative form of avoir

Old Occitan

Alternative forms

• haver

Etymology

From Latin habe? (“to have, hold, keep”).

Verb

aver

1. to have; to possess

Descendants

• Catalan: haver
• Occitan: aver

Old Portuguese

Alternative forms

• haver (latinized form)

Etymology

From Latin habe? (“to have, to hold, to possess”), probably from a Proto-Italic *hab?? or *ha???, possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *g?h?b?- (“to grab, to take”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a??e?/

Verb

aver

1. to have

2. to exist

Conjugation

Descendants

• Galician: haber
• Portuguese: haver

Old Spanish

Etymology

From Latin habe? (“to have, hold, keep”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a???e??/

Verb

aver

1. to have

Descendants

• Ladino:

  Hebrew: ?????

  Latin: aver

• Spanish: haber

Portuguese

Verb

aver (first-person singular present indicative ei, past participle avido)

1. Obsolete spelling of haver

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Noun

aver m (plural averes)

1. Obsolete spelling of haver

Spanish

Verb

aver

1. Obsolete spelling of haber

Venetian

Alternative forms

• gaver

Etymology

From Latin habe?.

Verb

aver

1. (transitive) to have
2. (transitive) to possess

Conjugation

• Venetian conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

References

• Silvano Belloni (2009) Grammatica Veneta [Venetian Grammar]?^[3] (in Italian), Esedra Editrice, ?ISBN, page 75

English

Noun

aker (plural akers)

1. Obsolete spelling of acre

Derived terms

• aker-staf

References

• Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Anagrams

• KERA, Kear, Kera, Rake, rake, reak

Basque

Etymology

From Proto-Basque *ace?, from *ace- (“male animal”) (compare aketz (“boar”)).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /a.ker/

Noun

aker anim

1. he-goat, billy goat

Declension

Related terms

• akelarre

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a?.k?r/
• Hyphenation: a?ker
• Rhymes: -a?k?r

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch aker, eker, haker, from Old Dutch *aker, from Latin aquarium.

Noun

aker m (plural akers, diminutive akertje n)

1. (Southern) bucket

   Synonym: emmer

2. (historical) metal well bucket

   Synonym: putemmer

3. (dated, Eastern Netherlands) kettle

Related terms

• aquarium

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch aker, from Old Dutch *akaran, from Proto-Germanic *akran?.

Noun

aker m (plural akers, diminutive akertje n)

1. (archaic) acorn

Synonyms

• eikel

Etymology 3

Noun

aker m (plural akers, diminutive akertje n)

1. (obsolete) acre

Kabyle

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

aker (intensive aorist yettaker, aorist yaker, preterite yuker, negative preterite yukir)

1. to steal

Middle English

Alternative forms

• acre

Etymology

From Old English æcer, from Proto-West Germanic *ak(k)r, from Proto-Germanic *akraz, from Proto-Indo-European *h?é?ros.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a?k?r/, /?ak?r/

Noun

aker (plural akers)

1. field (piece of arable land)
2. acre (land measure of 160 rods square (though actually varying in size, both regionally and in time), usually described as 40 rods/1 furlong long and 4 rods wide.)

Descendants

• English: acre
  • Norwegian Bokmål: acre
• Scots: acre, aker, acker
• Yola: aager

References

• “?ker, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Old Swedish

Alternative forms

• akker, ?ker (late)

Etymology

From Old Norse akr, from Proto-Germanic *akraz.

Noun

aker m

1. field, cultivated land

Declension

Descendants

• Swedish: åker

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

aker m (Cyrillic spelling ????)

1. acre

Vilamovian

Noun

aker m

1. field (wide, open space used to grow crops)