From Proto-Galela-Loloda *aker, from Proto-Galela-Tobelo (Proto-Northeast Halmaheran) *aker, from Proto-North Halmahera *aker (“water”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.ke.ɾe/

akere

1. water

• Yuiti Wada, Correspondance of Consonants in North Halmahera Languages (1980)
• M. J. van Baarda (1904), Het Lòda'sch, in vergelijking met het Galėla'sch dialect op Halmaheira

From Proto-North Halmahera *aker (“water”).

akere

1. water

• Yuiti Wada, Correspondance of Consonants in North Halmahera Languages (1980)

• àkèé

From Proto-Yoruba *à-kèré, from Proto-Edekiri *à-kèré, ultimately proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruboid *à-kèlé. Cognate with Igala àkèlé, Igbo àkèle, Nupe kèrégi, Edo ẹkirẹ, Idoma akere, and Urhobo okere.

• IPA^(key): /à.kè.ɾé/

àkèré

1. A small, swift frog, known for being edible

   ayọ̀ àyọ̀jù ni àkèré fi ṣẹ araa rẹ̀ nítan ― It is excessive joy that causes the little frog to fracture its thigh