yaca

See also: yacá

Fijian

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *asaq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hasaq, from Proto-Austronesian *Sasaq (“to sharpen, whet”).

Verb

yaca

1. to grate
2. to grind
3. to file

Spanish

Etymology

From Taíno [Term?].

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈʝaka/ [ˈɟ͡ʝa.ka]

• IPA^(key): /ˈʝaka/ [ˈɟ͡ʝa.ka] (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay)
• IPA^(key): /ˈʃaka/ [ˈʃa.ka] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /ˈʒaka/ [ˈʒa.ka] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

• Rhymes: -aka
• Syllabification: ya‧ca

Noun

yaca f (plural yacas)

1. soursop tree

   Synonym: guanábano

2. (Mexico) breadfruit

   Synonym: (see for more synonyms) fruto del árbol del pan

Further reading

• “yaca”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
• “yaca”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010

Tataltepec Chatino

Etymology

Compare Isthmus Zapotec yaga.

Noun

yaca

1. tree