tsaka

See also: 'tsaka and tsäkä

Hausa

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /(t)sʼá.káː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [sʼə́.káː]

Noun

tsakā f (plural tsakā̀kē, possessed form tsakar̃)

1. a kind of gecko
2. (figuratively) someone who is unpopular

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /(t)sʼá.kà/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [sʼə́.kə̀]

Adverb

tsakà

1. in the middle, in the midst

Derived terms

• tsakà-tsakà

Related terms

• tsàkānī
• tsakiyā̀

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /t͡saˈkaʔ/ [t͡sɐˈxaʔ]
• Rhymes: -aʔ
• Syllabification: tsa‧ka

Conjunction

tsakâ (Baybayin spelling ᜆ᜔ᜐᜃ)

1. alternative spelling of 'tsaka

Etymology 2

From the phrase saksakan na pangit (“extremely ugly”, literally “stabbingly ugly”), blended in swardspeak, or Filipino gay slang, with the name Chaka Khan, stage name of American pop singer Yvette Marie Stevens, who people back then regarded as socially unattractive.

Alternative forms

• chaka — common
• chaca

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃaka/ [ˈt͡ʃaː.xɐ]
  • IPA^(key): (no palatal assimilation) /ˈtsaka/ [ˈt͡saː.xɐ]
• Rhymes: -aka
• Syllabification: tsa‧ka

Adjective

tsaka (Baybayin spelling ᜆ᜔ᜐᜃ) (gay slang)

1. ugly

   Synonym: pangit

Derived terms

• katsakahan
• tsumaka

Further reading

• Zorc, R. David; San Miguel, Rachel (1993), Tagalog Slang Dictionary, Manila: De La Salle University Press, →ISBN, page 29

Anagrams

• katsa, katas, kasat, takas

Tsonga

Verb

tsaka

1. to rejoice