chaka

See also: Chaka

Chichewa

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jákà.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃa.ká/

Noun

chaká class 7 (plural zaká class 8)

  1. year

Quechua

Alternative forms

Noun

chaka

  1. bridge
  2. cross, especially the Andean cross

Declension

Swahili

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Noun

chaka (ma class, plural machaka)

  1. shrubland (land that is covered mostly with shrubs)

Noun

chaka (ki-vi class, no plural)

  1. summer (season)
    Synonyms: kiangazi, msimu wa joto

See also

Seasons in Swahili · misimu (layout · text) · category
bamvua (spring), masika, bubujiko kiangazi (summer), msimu wa joto, chaka vuli (autumn), demani kipupwe (winter), baridi

Note that there isn't a one-to-one mapping between seasons at the equator, where Swahili is commonly spoken, and seasons elsewhere. See equatorial seasons and climate for more details.

Swazi

Verb

-chaka

  1. to be poor

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Tagalog

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /t͡ʃaˈkaʔ/ [t͡ʃɐˈxaʔ]
  • Rhymes: -aʔ
  • Syllabification: cha‧ka

Conjunction

chakâ (Baybayin spelling ᜆ᜔ᜐᜃ) (colloquial)

  1. Alternative form of 'tsaka

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃaka/ [ˈt͡ʃa.xɐ]
  • Rhymes: -aka
  • Syllabification: cha‧ka

Adjective

chaka (Baybayin spelling ᜆ᜔ᜐᜃ)

  1. (common) Alternative spelling of tsaka

Ye'kwana

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [t͡ʃaka]

Suffix

chaka

  1. Allomorph of taka used after words that end in i.
  2. Allomorph of kwaka used after words that end in i.

Yosondúa Mixtec

Etymology

From Proto-Mixtec *tɨ-yakaʔ.

Noun

chaka

  1. fish

References

  • Beaty de Farris, Kathryn, et al. (2012) Diccionario básico del mixteco de Yosondúa, Oaxaca (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 46) (in Spanish), third edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 5
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