# aks
## English
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /æks/, /ɑːks/
* Rhymes: -æks, -ɑːks

### Verb

aks (third-person singular simple present aks or akses, present participle aksing, simple past and past participle aksed)
* (dialectal, now chiefly West Africa, African-American Vernacular, MLE, Bermuda, West Country, Maori English and Ireland) To ask.
** 1865, William Stott Banks, A List of Provincial Words in Use at Wakefield in Yorkshire‎, London: J.R.Smith, page 3:AKS, ask.
** 2004, Larry Dean Hamilton, A Gathering of Angels, page 132:Another thing, kid, don't aks me no more questions tonight.

### Anagrams

* ASK, Ask, KAs, KSA, SAK, SKA, ask, kas, ska

## Danish
### Etymology

From Old Norse ax.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aks/

### Noun

aks n (singular definite akset, plural indefinite aks)
* ear (fruiting body of a grain plant)
* spike (ear of grain)

#### Inflection
## Dutch
### Alternative forms

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

### Etymology

From Middle Dutch aex, from Old Dutch acus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɑks/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: aks
* Rhymes: -ɑks

### Noun

aks f (plural aksen)
* an axe, usually denoting a heavy axe
    Synonym: bijl

#### Descendants

* Negerhollands: aks
* → Sranan Tongo: aksi

## Guyanese Creole English
### Etymology

From dialectal English aks, from ask.

### Noun

aks
* to ask

### References

* Samad, Daizal R., Harripersaud, Ashwannie (2023) A Dictionary of Guyanese Words and Expressions, Blue Rose Publishers, →ISBN, page 2
* Henry, Edgar A. (2022) The Guyanese Slang Alphabet, Dorrance Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 37

## Jamaican Creole
### Alternative forms

* aaks, ax

### Etymology

From English ask.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɑːks/, /ˈɔːks/
* Hyphenation: aks

### Verb

aks
* to ask
    Aks Teddy ef 'im a guh a farin nex' week.Ask Teddy if he's going to the USA next week.
** 2013, Loron-Jon Stokes, Citizen Class 5, →ISBN, page 267:“"Mi cyan gi'e teh yeh deh t'ings yeh aks fuh [...]”I can't give you the things you've asked for.

### Further reading

* Richard Allsopp, editor (1996), Dictionary of Caribbean English Usage, Kingston, Jamaica: University of the West Indies Press, published 2003, →ISBN, page 20

## Nigerian Pidgin
### Etymology

From English ask.

### Verb

aks
* ask

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From Old Norse ax.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aks/

### Noun

aks n (definite singular akset, indefinite plural aks, definite plural aksa or aksene)
* ear (fruiting body of a grain plant)
* spike (ear of grain)

#### Derived terms

* kornaks

### References

* “aks” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From Old Norse ax.

### Noun

aks n (definite singular akset, indefinite plural aks, definite plural aksa)
* ear (fruiting body of a grain plant)

#### Derived terms

* kornaks
* moldaks
* skjæraks (may be of other origin)

### References

* “aks” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Tsimshian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ʔaks]

### Noun

aks
* water

### Verb

aks
* (ambitransitive) drink
* (intransitive) be wet

### References

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

## Turkish
### Etymology

Borrowed from French axe, from Latin axis, from Proto-Italic *aksis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱs-i-s.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɑks/

### Noun

aks (definite accusative aksi, plural aksler)
* axis

#### Synonyms

* dingil
* eksen

### References

* “aks”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu

## Uzbek
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عَكْس (ʕaks). Compare Turkish akis (“reverse, opposite”)

### Adjective

aks (comparative aksroq, superlative eng aks)
* contrary, adverse, reverse

#### Derived terms

* aksincha