Definition of "ake"

instead he went with the rogues to supper in an arbour, though it made his heart "ake" to listen to their mad talk.

1909, Henry C. Shelley, Inns and Taverns of Old London‎, text edition, The Gutenberg Project, published 2004

The ake of months of a growing firenlust became a rising queem til at last there was the burst of loosing that almost made his knees buckle.

2015, LT Wolf, The World King (fiction)

The answer given was : — " Friends, this is the reply of the Maori : we shall fight on ake, ake, ake, for ever, for ever, for ever."

1882, B. Francis, Isles of the Pacific: Or, Sketches from the South Seas, page 78

That was the time when the great wish grew in the heart of Maui, the wish to conquer his powerful enemy Hine-nui-te-po, that Night might die and man may live for ever: ake, ake, ake!—yes, it was his great wish.

1907, Wilhelm Dittmer, Te Tohunga: The Ancient Legends and Traditions of the Maoris

"Ake, ake, ake," said Von Tempsky, weary over the camp-fire. "Has there been anything like it since the days of the old Greeks? What madness makes you kill such men when you may want them to fight for you some day?"

1938, Edith J. Lyttleton, G. B. Lancaster, Promenade, page 383

One day Maui visited his parents to tell them of his latest plan — he wished to conquer his powerful enemy Hine-nui-te-po so that the Night might die and man would live forever: ake, ake, ake!

1997, Queenie Rikihana, Paki Waitara: Myths & Legends of the Māori, page 33