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akla ܐܵܩܠܵܐ

akla is the Assyrian word for leg — everyday spoken Assyrian (Sureth) of Urmi, a modern Aramaic language.

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Meaning

  1. leg; foot.
  2. trigger (of weapons).
  3. lever.
  4. vertical stick on which plough handle is fixed.
  5. ring on threshing floor on which oxen that pull the threshing machine walk

Forms

Pluralakle, aklate

Examples

patet akla
ܦܵܬܸܬ ܐܵܩܠܵܐ
top of the foot
mesrektet akla
ܡܸܣܪܸܩܬܸܬ ܐܵܩܠܵܐ
fan of bones at the top of the foot
khut-akla
ܚܘ̣ܬ ܐܵܩܠܵܐ
bottom of the foot
eshtet akla
ܐܸܫܬܸܬ ܐܵܩܠܵܐ
heel of foot
panjet akla
ܦܵܢܓܸ̃ܬ ܐܵܩܠܵܐ
toes of the foot
khabuyshet akla
ܚܵܒܘ̣ܝܫܸܬ ܐܵܩܠܵܐ
ankle of the foot
aklu ave brikha
ܐܵܩܠܘ̣ ܐܵܘܸܐ ܒܪܝܼܚܵܐ
May his foot be blessed (said on the birth of a child)
aklu plakhela
ܐܵܩܠܘ̣ ܦܠܵܚܸܠܵܐ
He has diarrhoea

Source: Khan 2016, vol. 3, p. 76.

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