Proto-Basque: *a=kain
Meaning: (large) tick
Bizkaian: akan, akeen, aken
Gipuzkoan: akain, akaiñ, akañ(a), akien
Lapurdian: lakain
Comments: A western Bsq word: cf. eastern *i=tain 'tick'. Initial /l/ in LAB is possibly due to contamination with another word such as lapazorri ‘tick’. Similar Romance words have been cited: Gasc. lagagno, Occ. laganha, but apparently these words mean ‘locust’, not ‘tick’.
