English

Proper noun

Waka

1. A Japanese female given name

Japanese

Romanization

Waka

1. rōmaji reading of わか

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

• Maria Sueli de Aguiar, Elementos de descrição sintatica para uma gramatica do Katukina, page 49, 1988

Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *waka

Noun

waka

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

Derived terms

• tūnga waka

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.