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AKA

noun as in alias

noun as in pseudonym

noun as in sobriquet

abbreviation as in also known as

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In May, the head of Guerreros Unidos, Mario Casarrubias Salgado, aka the Beautiful Toad, was arrested.

That kind of behavior would be in keeping with somebody who had been slipped a date rape drug such as Midazolam, aka Dazzle.

The horseman, aka Abraham, is actually passably cute, with a rocking bod and apparently steady source of income.

The compilation also brought the Nazi-riffic Apt Pupil and leach-tastic The Body (aka Stand By Me) to the silver screen.

The “Hall of Fame” also houses the Duchess of Cambridge (aka Kate Middleton), which seems sad though spot-on.

The suffix -aka or -aga sometimes appears and gives a sense of continuance to the verbal root.

This form may also appear as ša, as for instance aka—to be on fire becomes aša, to set on fire.

I was drawing the grand old head of a venerable dame—Oriuhia t Aka—when she asked to see what I was about.

But if the adjective in the superlative expresses a lessening of the quality then -aka(ne) is suffixed.

"Killed a rosmaro today, second time in ten days," Ch'aka said.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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