أكو

See also: اکو, and آكو

Iraqi Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic يكون (“he/it is”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.kuː/

Determiner

أكو (aku)

1. there is

   اكو واحد گِدّامَك

   aku wāḥid giddāmak

   there is someone in front of you

See also

• ماكو (māku, “there isn't”)
• شكو (šaku, “what's there”)
• شكو ماكو (šaku māku, “what's up”)

Ternate

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈa.ku]

Verb

أكو (Rumi aku)

1. (auxiliary) to be allowed, may

   أكو ؤواة سکالي٢ أن إهورو سسيرة ― aku ua sakali-sakali ana ihoru sosira ― it is absolutely not allowed that they paddle earlier

Usage notes

As an auxiliary, أكو (aku) follows the main verb. It may take the subject clitics (o, mo, etc.) only either for emphasis or when أكو (aku) is used as the sole verb in a sentence.

References

• Frederik Sigismund Alexander de Clercq (1890) Bijdragen tot de kennis der Residentie Ternate, E.J. Brill
• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh