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Definition: Aku |
AkuNoun1. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
"Aku" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "great", "venerable", "increase". |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
AKU | English | Aga Khan University | N/A |
Aku | German | Akkumulator | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonym: AkuSynonym: Yoruba (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Aku |
| Non-English Usage: "Aku" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. Malay (I). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Long ago in a distant land, I, Aku, the shape shifting master of darkness, unleashed an unspeakable evil! (Samurai Jack; writing credit: Paul Waite) And we'd just had dinner at the Stardust Hotel, one of the eight international restaurants -- I believe it was Aku Aku, the Polynesian. (Without You I'm Nothing; writing credit: Sandra Bernhard; John Boskovich) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Abashiri Bangaichi: Aku eno Chosen (1967) Aku no monsho (1964) Saat aku mencintaimu (1997) Aku no hana (1997) Aiju: aku no hana (1981) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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| "Aku" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "great", "venerable", "increase". | |||
| The following table summarizes names related to "Aku." | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Related Name |
| Augustus | Male | Ancient Roman | N/A |
| Aku | Male | Finnish | Aukusti |
| Aukusti | Male | Finnish | Augustus |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
aku | 52 | aku cintakan mu | 3 |
aku ankka | 16 | aku zen | 3 |
aku soku zan | 15 | aku huumori | 3 |
aku aku | 11 | aku ishaya mark | 3 |
aku blues untuk | 9 | aku ankan sivut | 3 |
aku tenshi | 9 | aku best tiki western | 3 |
aku edu.tr | 8 | aku dirogol | 2 |
aku edu tr | 7 | aku punktet.dk | 2 |
aku dan sesuatu | 6 | 94 aku | 2 |
aku cinta padamu | 6 | aku kawan | 2 |
aku fansubs | 4 | aku blues dalam hidup | 2 |
best western aku tiki inn | 4 | aku tiki | 2 |
aku aku worcester | 4 | aku boot | 2 |
aku jack samurai | 4 | ||
aku boot | 2 | ||
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "Aku": bunraku, gagaku, nunchaku. (additional references) | |
Words containing "Aku": breakup, breakups, bunrakus, gagakus, hibakusha, karakul, karakuls, makuta, nunchakus, oakum, oakums. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: auk. | |
| Words within the letters "a-k-u" | |
-1 letter: ka. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-k-u" | |
+1 letter: auks, jauk, kagu, kuna, skua, wauk. | |
+2 letters: amuck, ankus, baulk, caulk, dumka, haiku, jauks, kagus, kaput, kauri, kaury, knaur, kraut, kulak, kurta, oakum, pucka, pukka, punka, quack, quake, quaky, quark, skuas, taluk, ukase, umiak, wauks. | |
+3 letters: adzuki, amucks, ankush, auklet, backup, baulks, baulky, buckra, caulks, chabuk, chukar, chukka, eureka, funkia, gagaku, haikus, jauked, judoka, kabuki, kahuna, kalium, kaputt, kauris, kiaugh, knaurs, koruna, krauts, kulaki, kulaks, kurgan, kurtas, kuvasz, likuta, makeup, makuta, mamluk, markup, oakums, outask, padauk, padouk, punkah, punkas, quacks, quaked, quaker, quakes, quarks, quokka, rumaki, saluki, squawk, squeak, sukkah, takeup, taluka, taluks, tanuki, ukases, umiack, umiaks, unakin, uncake, unmake, unmask, unpack, untack, uptake, walkup, wauked. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 6B 75 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- -.- ..- |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01101011 01110101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A k u |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 006B 0075 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)357787 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Names: Derived from 7. Expressions: Internet 8. Abbreviations | 9. Acronyms 10. Derivations 11. Anagrams 12. Orthography | 13. Bibliography |
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