# akin
## English
### Alternative forms

* a kin, a-kin (obsolete)

### Etymology

From a corruption of of kin, from Middle English of kyn (“related, of kin”), equivalent to a- +‎ kin (1550s). Compare Old English cyn, cynn (“akin, proper, suitable”, adj.).

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /əˈkɪn/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (US) IPA: /ʌˈkɪn/
* Rhymes: -ɪn

### Adjective

akin (comparative more akin, superlative most akin)
* (of persons) Of the same kin; related by blood.
** 1722 (indicated as 1721), [Daniel Defoe], The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders, &c. […], London: […] W[illiam Rufus] Chetwood, […]; and T. Edling, […], published 1722, →OCLC, page 137:[W]e are too near a kin to lye together, tho' vve may Lodge near one another; […]
** 1897, Joseph Conrad, The Children of the Sea: A Tale of the Forecastle, New York, N.Y.: Dodd, Mead and Company, →OCLC:The faces changed, passing in rotation. Youthful faces, bearded faces, dark faces: faces serene, or faces moody, but all akin with the brotherhood of the sea.
* (often followed by to) Allied by nature; similar; partaking of the same properties; of the same kind.
** 1677, Theophilus Gale, The Court of the Gentiles, T. Cockeril, part 4, bk. 1, ch. 2, p. 27:
    Is not then Fruition near akin to Love?
** 1710 March 20 (Gregorian calendar), [Joseph Addison; Richard Steele et al.], “THURSDAY, March 9, 1709–1710. To the Spectator, &c..”, in The Spectator, number 8; republished in Alexander Chalmers, editor, The Spectator; a New Edition, […], volume I, New York, N.Y.: D[aniel] Appleton & Company, 1853, →OCLC, page 39:She told me that she hoped my Face was not akin to my Tongue.The spelling has been modernized.
** 1836 March – 1837 October, Charles Dickens, chapter XXXIX, in The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1837, →OCLC:Mr. Winkle . . . took his hand with a feeling of regard, akin to veneration.
** 1910 July, Zane Grey, “Old Well-Well”, in Success:Something akin to a smile shone on his face.
** 2021 June 30, Philip Haigh, “Regional trains squeezed as ECML congestion heads north”, in RAIL, number 934, page 52:I'll be interested to see how this service does. It will be basic with fares to match, so will be akin to a budget airline taking on a flag-carrier.

#### Usage notes

* This adjective is always placed after the noun that it modifies.

#### Synonyms

* (related by blood): See also Thesaurus:consanguine
* (of the same kind): See also Thesaurus:akin

#### Derived terms

* akinness
* unakin

#### Translations

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### References

* ↑ Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “akin”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

### Anagrams

* kain, naik, Kian, Kain, Inka, kina, Naik

## Hungarian
### Etymology

aki +‎ -n

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈɒkin]
* Hyphenation: akin

### Pronoun

akin
* superessive singular of aki

## Narua
### Numeral

akin
* one

## Tagalog
### Alternative forms

* 'kin — contraction, used with sa
* acquin, aquin — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling

### Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *akən (“1sg oblique”).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈʔakin/ [ˈʔaː.xɪn̪], (colloquial) /ˈʔaken/ [ˈʔaː.xɛn̪]
* Rhymes: -akin
* Syllabification: a‧kin

### Determiner

akin (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜃᜒᜈ᜔)
* my

### Pronoun

akin (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜃᜒᜈ᜔)
* (possessive) mine
    Synonym: (postpositive) ko
* (oblique) (to) me

#### Derived terms

* akin na
* akinin
* aking-akin
* mapasaakin
* sa ganang akin
* sa'kin
* sumaakin

#### See also

| Person | Number | Direct (ang) | Indirect (ng) | Oblique (sa) |
| First | singular | ako | ko | akin |
| First | dual$^1$ | kita, kata | nita, nata, ta | kanita, kanata, ata |
| First | plural inclusive | tayo | natin | atin |
| First | plural exclusive | kami | namin | amin |
| First & Second | singular | kita$^2$ | kita$^2$ | |
| Second | singular | ikaw, ka | mo | iyo |
| Second | plural | kayo, kamo | ninyo, niyo | inyo |
| Third | singular | siya | niya | kaniya |
| Third | plural | sila | nila | kanila |
| $^1$ First person dual pronouns are not commonly used in Standard Tagalog. $^2$ Replaces ko ikaw. |||||
* angkin

### Further reading

* “akin”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
* “akin”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
* Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*aken₁”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

### Anagrams

* kina, kain, naik

## Yoruba
### Etymology

From a- +‎ kin

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ā.kĩ̄/

### Noun

akin
* bravery, valor, courage
    Synonyms: ògbójú, àyà
* brave person; warrior
    Synonym: alákin
* A prefix used in male Yoruba given names, (ex. Akíndélé).

#### Derived terms

* Akin (“Yoruba name, and a shortening of many names with the prefix 'Akin'”)
* alákin (“a brave person”)