different between ghana vs akan

English

Etymology

From Maltese g?ana, from Arabic ?????? (?in??).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???n?/ (approaching Maltese)

Noun

ghana (uncountable)

1. (music) A style of Maltese folk singing

Anagrams

• Gahan, Hagan

Alak

Noun

akan

1. (Alak) woman

Alternative forms

• kan (Harak)

Further reading

• Theraphan L. Thongkum, The place of Lawi, Harak and Tariang within Bahnaric (1997), in The Mon-Khmer Studies Journal, volume 27

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??k?n/, [??k?n]
• Rhymes: -?k?n
• Syllabification: a?kan

Etymology 1

Noun

akan

1. Genitive singular form of akka.

Etymology 2

From Akan Akan.

Alternative forms

• akani

Noun

akan

1. Akan (West African language spoken mainly in Ghana and Ivory Coast)

Declension

Anagrams

• -kaan, kana

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.kan/
• Rhymes: -kan

Adverb

akan

1. will
2. about to
3. going to

Preposition

akan

1. regarding, concerning, as for

Further reading

• “akan” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Malay

Alternative forms

• kan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.kan/
• Rhymes: -kan
• Hyphenation: a?kan

Adverb

akan (Jawi spelling ????)

1. will

2. about to
3. going to

Derived terms

• akan-akan
• seakan-akan
• mengakan
• mengakankan
• keakanan

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

akan m (definite singular akanen, uncountable)

1. Akan language

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

akan m (definite singular akanen, uncountable)

1. Akan language

Portuguese

Noun

akan m (uncountable)

1. The Akan language.

Quechua

Verb

akan

1. third-person singular present indicative of akay

Spanish

Alternative forms

• acano

Noun

akan m (uncountable)

1. Akan (Niger-Congo language)
2. Akan (language group spoken in Ghana)