waka
English
editEtymology 1
editBorrowed from Japanese 和歌 (waka), from Middle Chinese 和 (ɣwa), a gloss for 倭 (ʔwa, “Japan”) + 歌 (ka, “song”).
Noun
editwaka (plural wakas or waka)
- (poetry) A kind of classical Japanese poem.
- 1962, Philip K. Dick, “The Man in the High Castle”, in Four Novels of the 1960s, Library of America, published 2007, page 122:
- “Hey, look. There's one of those Jap waka poems on the back of this cigarette package.”
Translations
editEtymology 2
editPronunciation
editNoun
editwaka (plural wakas or waka)
- (New Zealand) A Maori canoe.
Derived terms
editSee also
editAnagrams
editAymara
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Spanish vaca. Cognate with Jaqaru waka.
Noun
editwaka
Balantak
editNoun
editwaka
References
edit- Robert Busenitz & Daniel Bradbury (2016). Balantak Dictionary – waka. SIL International.
Bintulu
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-North Sarawak [Term?], from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(w)akaʀ.
Noun
editwaka
- root (of plant)
Chamicuro
editEtymology
editNoun
editwaka
Chickasaw
editVerb
editwaka
- to fly
Fijian
editNoun
editwaka
Hawaiian
editEtymology
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
editVerb
editwaka
Jamamadí
editVerb
editwaka
- (Banawá) to break
References
edit- 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.
Japanese
editRomanization
editwaka
Jaqaru
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Spanish vaca. Cognate with Aymara waka.
Noun
editwaka
References
editMartha James Hardman. (1996) Jaqaru: Outline of phonological and morphological structure, page 74.
Katukina
editNoun
editwaka
References
edit- Maria Sueli de Aguiar, Elementos de descrição sintatica para uma gramatica do Katukina, page 49, 1988
Manchu
editRomanization
editwaka
- Romanization of ᠸᠠᡴᠠ
Maori
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Polynesian *waka.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editwaka
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- → English: waka
Mapudungun
editEtymology
editNoun
editwaka (Raguileo spelling)
References
edit- Wixaleyiñ: Mapucezugun-wigkazugun pici hemvlcijka (Wixaleyiñ: Small Mapudungun-Spanish dictionary), Beretta, Marta; Cañumil, Dario; Cañumil, Tulio, 2008.
Nigerian Pidgin
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editVerb
editwaka
- to walk
- You go waka sha.
- You're going to walk.
Palu'e
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *(w)akaʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(w)akaʀ.
Noun
editwaka
- root (of plant)
Pijin
editEtymology
editNoun
editwaka
Quechua
editEtymology 1
editNoun
editwaka
Etymology 2
editNoun
editwaka
Usage notes
editNot to be confused with wak'a.
Declension
editsingular | plural | |
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nominative | waka | wakakuna |
accusative | wakata | wakakunata |
dative | wakaman | wakakunaman |
genitive | wakap | wakakunap |
locative | wakapi | wakakunapi |
terminative | wakakama | wakakunakama |
ablative | wakamanta | wakakunamanta |
instrumental | wakawan | wakakunawan |
comitative | wakantin | wakakunantin |
abessive | wakannaq | wakakunannaq |
comparative | wakahina | wakakunahina |
causative | wakarayku | wakakunarayku |
benefactive | wakapaq | wakakunapaq |
associative | wakapura | wakakunapura |
distributive | wakanka | wakakunanka |
exclusive | wakalla | wakakunalla |
ñuqap (my) | singular | plural |
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nominative | wakay | wakaykuna |
accusative | wakayta | wakaykunata |
dative | wakayman | wakaykunaman |
genitive | wakaypa | wakaykunap |
locative | wakaypi | wakaykunapi |
terminative | wakaykama | wakaykunakama |
ablative | wakaymanta | wakaykunamanta |
instrumental | wakaywan | wakaykunawan |
comitative | wakaynintin | wakaykunantin |
abessive | wakayninnaq | wakaykunannaq |
comparative | wakayhina | wakaykunahina |
causative | wakayrayku | wakaykunarayku |
benefactive | wakaypaq | wakaykunapaq |
associative | wakaypura | wakaykunapura |
distributive | wakayninka | wakaykunanka |
exclusive | wakaylla | wakaykunalla |
qampa (your) | singular | plural |
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nominative | wakayki | wakaykikuna |
accusative | wakaykita | wakaykikunata |
dative | wakaykiman | wakaykikunaman |
genitive | wakaykipa | wakaykikunap |
locative | wakaykipi | wakaykikunapi |
terminative | wakaykikama | wakaykikunakama |
ablative | wakaykimanta | wakaykikunamanta |
instrumental | wakaykiwan | wakaykikunawan |
comitative | wakaykintin | wakaykikunantin |
abessive | wakaykinnaq | wakaykikunannaq |
comparative | wakaykihina | wakaykikunahina |
causative | wakaykirayku | wakaykikunarayku |
benefactive | wakaykipaq | wakaykikunapaq |
associative | wakaykipura | wakaykikunapura |
distributive | wakaykinka | wakaykikunanka |
exclusive | wakaykilla | wakaykikunalla |
paypa (his/her/its) | singular | plural |
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nominative | wakan | wakankuna |
accusative | wakanta | wakankunata |
dative | wakanman | wakankunaman |
genitive | wakanpa | wakankunap |
locative | wakanpi | wakankunapi |
terminative | wakankama | wakankunakama |
ablative | wakanmanta | wakankunamanta |
instrumental | wakanwan | wakankunawan |
comitative | wakanintin | wakankunantin |
abessive | wakanninnaq | wakankunannaq |
comparative | wakanhina | wakankunahina |
causative | wakanrayku | wakankunarayku |
benefactive | wakanpaq | wakankunapaq |
associative | wakanpura | wakankunapura |
distributive | wakaninka | wakankunanka |
exclusive | wakanlla | wakankunalla |
ñuqanchikpa (our(incl)) | singular | plural |
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nominative | wakanchik | wakanchikkuna |
accusative | wakanchikta | wakanchikkunata |
dative | wakanchikman | wakanchikkunaman |
genitive | wakanchikpa | wakanchikkunap |
locative | wakanchikpi | wakanchikkunapi |
terminative | wakanchikkama | wakanchikkunakama |
ablative | wakanchikmanta | wakanchikkunamanta |
instrumental | wakanchikwan | wakanchikkunawan |
comitative | wakanchiknintin | wakanchikkunantin |
abessive | wakanchikninnaq | wakanchikkunannaq |
comparative | wakanchikhina | wakanchikkunahina |
causative | wakanchikrayku | wakanchikkunarayku |
benefactive | wakanchikpaq | wakanchikkunapaq |
associative | wakanchikpura | wakanchikkunapura |
distributive | wakanchikninka | wakanchikkunanka |
exclusive | wakanchiklla | wakanchikkunalla |
ñuqaykup (our(excl)) | singular | plural |
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nominative | wakayku | wakaykukuna |
accusative | wakaykuta | wakaykukunata |
dative | wakaykuman | wakaykukunaman |
genitive | wakaykupa | wakaykukunap |
locative | wakaykupi | wakaykukunapi |
terminative | wakaykukama | wakaykukunakama |
ablative | wakaykumanta | wakaykukunamanta |
instrumental | wakaykuwan | wakaykukunawan |
comitative | wakaykuntin | wakaykukunantin |
abessive | wakaykunnaq | wakaykukunannaq |
comparative | wakaykuhina | wakaykukunahina |
causative | wakaykurayku | wakaykukunarayku |
benefactive | wakaykupaq | wakaykukunapaq |
associative | wakaykupura | wakaykukunapura |
distributive | wakaykunka | wakaykukunanka |
exclusive | wakaykulla | wakaykukunalla |
qamkunap (your(pl)) | singular | plural |
---|---|---|
nominative | wakaykichik | wakaykichikkuna |
accusative | wakaykichikta | wakaykichikkunata |
dative | wakaykichikman | wakaykichikkunaman |
genitive | wakaykichikpa | wakaykichikkunap |
locative | wakaykichikpi | wakaykichikkunapi |
terminative | wakaykichikkama | wakaykichikkunakama |
ablative | wakaykichikmanta | wakaykichikkunamanta |
instrumental | wakaykichikwan | wakaykichikkunawan |
comitative | wakaykichiknintin | wakaykichikkunantin |
abessive | wakaykichikninnaq | wakaykichikkunannaq |
comparative | wakaykichikhina | wakaykichikkunahina |
causative | wakaykichikrayku | wakaykichikkunarayku |
benefactive | wakaykichikpaq | wakaykichikkunapaq |
associative | wakaykichikpura | wakaykichikkunapura |
distributive | wakaykichikninka | wakaykichikkunanka |
exclusive | wakaykichiklla | wakaykichikkunalla |
paykunap (their) | singular | plural |
---|---|---|
nominative | wakanku | wakankukuna |
accusative | wakankuta | wakankukunata |
dative | wakankuman | wakankukunaman |
genitive | wakankupa | wakankukunap |
locative | wakankupi | wakankukunapi |
terminative | wakankukama | wakankukunakama |
ablative | wakankumanta | wakankukunamanta |
instrumental | wakankuwan | wakankukunawan |
comitative | wakankuntin | wakankukunantin |
abessive | wakankunnaq | wakankukunannaq |
comparative | wakankuhina | wakankukunahina |
causative | wakankurayku | wakankukunarayku |
benefactive | wakankupaq | wakankukunapaq |
associative | wakankupura | wakankukunapura |
distributive | wakankunka | wakankukunanka |
exclusive | wakankulla | wakankukunalla |
Remontado Agta
editNoun
editwaká
Swahili
editPronunciation
editVerb
edit-waka (infinitive kuwaka)
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Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information. |
Derived terms
edit- Verbal derivations:
- Causative: -washa (“to set something on fire”)
Yanomamö
editNoun
editwaka
References
edit- English terms borrowed from Japanese
- English terms derived from Japanese
- English terms derived from Middle Chinese
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English indeclinable nouns
- English nouns with irregular plurals
- en:Poetry
- English terms with quotations
- English terms borrowed from Maori
- English terms derived from Maori
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:English/ɒkə
- Rhymes:English/ɒkə/2 syllables
- Rhymes:English/ʌkə
- Rhymes:English/ʌkə/2 syllables
- New Zealand English
- en:Watercraft
- Aymara terms borrowed from Spanish
- Aymara terms derived from Spanish
- Aymara lemmas
- Aymara nouns
- Balantak lemmas
- Balantak nouns
- Bintulu terms inherited from Proto-North Sarawak
- Bintulu terms derived from Proto-North Sarawak
- Bintulu terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Bintulu terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Bintulu lemmas
- Bintulu nouns
- Chamicuro terms borrowed from Spanish
- Chamicuro terms derived from Spanish
- Chamicuro lemmas
- Chamicuro nouns
- ccc:Mammals
- Chickasaw lemmas
- Chickasaw verbs
- Fijian lemmas
- Fijian nouns
- Hawaiian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Hawaiian lemmas
- Hawaiian verbs
- Hawaiian stative verbs
- Jamamadí lemmas
- Jamamadí verbs
- Japanese non-lemma forms
- Japanese romanizations
- Jaqaru terms borrowed from Spanish
- Jaqaru terms derived from Spanish
- Jaqaru lemmas
- Jaqaru nouns
- Katukina lemmas
- Katukina nouns
- Manchu non-lemma forms
- Manchu romanizations
- Maori terms inherited from Proto-Polynesian
- Maori terms derived from Proto-Polynesian
- Maori terms with IPA pronunciation
- Maori lemmas
- Maori nouns
- mi:Watercraft
- Mapudungun terms borrowed from Spanish
- Mapudungun terms derived from Spanish
- Mapudungun lemmas
- Mapudungun nouns
- Raguileo Mapudungun spellings
- arn:Mammals
- Nigerian Pidgin terms derived from English
- Nigerian Pidgin terms with IPA pronunciation
- Nigerian Pidgin lemmas
- Nigerian Pidgin verbs
- Nigerian Pidgin terms with usage examples
- Nigerian Pidgin terms with quotations
- Palu'e terms inherited from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
- Palu'e terms derived from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
- Palu'e terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Palu'e terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Palu'e lemmas
- Palu'e nouns
- Pijin terms derived from English
- Pijin terms derived from Old English
- Pijin terms derived from Middle English
- Pijin terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Pijin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Pijin terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Pijin lemmas
- Pijin nouns
- Quechua lemmas
- Quechua nouns
- Quechua terms borrowed from Spanish
- Quechua terms derived from Spanish
- qu:Mammals
- Remontado Agta lemmas
- Remontado Agta nouns
- Swahili terms with audio links
- Swahili lemmas
- Swahili verbs
- sw:Fire
- Yanomamö lemmas
- Yanomamö nouns
- guu:Mammals