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Waka

Waka

See also: waka, -waka, and wak'a

English

Proper noun

Waka

  1. A Japanese female given name

Japanese

Romanization

Waka

  1. rōmaji reading of わか

waka

waka

See also: Waka, -waka, and wak'a

English

Noun

waka (plural wakas or waka)

  1. (poetry) A kind of classical Japanese poem.
Translations

Etymology 2

Borrowing from Maori waka.

Noun

waka (plural wakas)

  1. (New Zealand) Maori canoe

Aymara

Etymology

From Spanish vaca.

Noun

waka

  1. cow

Bintulu

Etymology

From Proto-North Sarawak, from Proto-Western Malayo-Polynesian *(w)akaʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(w)akaʀ.

Noun

waka

  1. root (of plant)

Chamicuro

Etymology

From Spanish vaca.

Noun

waka

  1. cow

Chickasaw

Verb

waka

  1. to fly

Katukina

Noun

waka

  1. water

Reference


Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *waka

Noun

waka

  1. boat, canoe
  2. vehicle, conveyance
  3. transport

Derived terms


Mapudungun

Etymology

From Spanish vaca.

Noun

waka (using Raguileo Alphabet)

  1. cow

References

  • Wixaleyiñ: Mapucezugun-wigkazugun pici hemvlcijka (Wixaleyiñ: Small Mapudungun-Spanish dictionary), Beretta, Marta; Cañumil, Dario; Cañumil, Tulio, 2008.

Palu'e

Etymology

From Proto-Central Malayo-Polynesian *(w)akaʀ, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *(w)akaʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(w)akaʀ.

Noun

waka

  1. root (of plant)

Pijin

Etymology

From English work

Noun

waka

  1. work; labor; job

Quechua

Etymology 1

Noun

waka

  1. dwarf, sickly baby

Etymology 2

From Spanish vaca.

Noun

waka

  1. cow

Declension

Usage notes

Not to be confused with wak'a.