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akja

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ak-ja
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
2
Syllables
3
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

larger pulk (low-slung boatlike sled, used for man-hauling supplies across snow and ice)

Etymology

Borrowed from German Akja, Swedish ackja, Finnish akkia, from older Finnish ahkio or older Sami akio, akje, ultimately from a Proto-Uralic *aškɜ, or Proto-Norse *ᚨᚲᛃᛟ (*akjō), corresponding to Swedish äcka, Icelandic ekja (“driving, fording”), to the root ak (Swedish åk), “drive, ford, ride”. Cognates include: Finnish ahkio, akkio, akkia; Karelian ahkivo, Sami akio, akje; Swedish ackja, German Akia, Akja, Ackja.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Akja, ackja, ahkio, *aškɜ, *ᚨᚲᛃᛟ

Inflected Forms

akjas (plural)

Questions

What does akja mean?
larger pulk (low-slung boatlike sled, used for man-hauling supplies across snow and ice)
Where does akja come from?
It is traced to German.

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