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Meanings of aku in English

Portuguese
yoruba

A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba in southwestern Nigeria.

        yoruba
        Usage of aku in English
        1
        There we will fish together for the kala and the aku, and there I will spear the turtle.
        Hawaiian Folk Tales / A Collection of Native Legends
        2
        Thus would the canoes enter the schools of aku and this chief became famous thereby as a most successful fisherman.
        Hawaiian Folk Tales / A Collection of Native Legends
        3
        Allen Aku said research was underway to isolate the insect that is spreading the disease.
        Radio NZ
        4
        He told me about robbing Aku over and over.
        Joe Burke's Last Stand
        5
        Results: Records of 81 culture confirmed XDR typhoid patients admitted at the AKU hospitals were reviewed.
        Pubmed
        6
        It's a simple enough story: Jack's homeland is attacked by an evil shape-shifting demon named Aku.
        The Guardian
        7
        The Aku or Yoruba, is a small, well-built, generally sprightly animal, equal in size to the largest American-Indian pony.
        Official Report of the Niger Valley Exploring Party
        8
        Aku was a radio personality.
        Joe Burke's Last Stand
        9
        It is popularly said that while the Aku will do anything for money, the Ibo will do anything for revenge.
        To The Gold Coast for Gold: A Personal Narrative. Vol. II
        10
        The men were arrested at Aku Lodge where they had been unable to pay for their accommodation but refused to move.
        Radio NZ
        11
        The Knights had no such luck earlier in the half when wingers Nathan Ross and Aku Uate were both denied tries by the bunker.
        The Guardian
        Translations for aku
        Aku through the time