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aka.

to drive

3 characters2 syllables approx.Íslenska language

Meaning & usage

verb[ˈaːka]

  1. to drive

    strong · verb
    Aki maður gegn rauðu ljósi má hann eiga von á sekt.
    Að aka bifreið er harla ólíkt því að aka hestvagni.

  2. to move slightly, to budge

    strong · verb
Where this word comes from

From Old Norse aka (“to move, to drive”), from Proto-Germanic *akaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-. Cognates include Latin agō (“to drive”), Ancient Greek ἄγω (ágō, “to lead”) and Sanskrit अजति (ajati, “to drive, propel, cast”).

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