yaka

See also: þaka and ya'ka

Chinook Jargon

Pronoun

yaka

1. he, she, it, him, her
2. his, her, its

See also

• klaska

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Jamamadí

Verb

yaka

1. (Banawá) to walk

References

• 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

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Japanese

Romanization

yaka

1. Rōmaji transcription of やか

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Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish یاقه (yaka), from Proto-Turkic *jaka (“collar; edge”) (compare Hungarian borrowing nyak).

Noun

yaka (definite accusative yakayı, plural yakalar)

1. collar

   gömleğimin yakası ― the collar of my shirt

2. side

   Avrupa Yakası ― European Side

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	yaka
Definite accusative	yakayı
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	yaka	yakalar
Definite accusative	yakayı	yakaları
Dative	yakaya	yakalara
Locative	yakada	yakalarda
Ablative	yakadan	yakalardan
Genitive	yakanın	yakaların
Possessive forms Nominative Singular Plural 1st singular yakam yakalarım 2nd singular yakan yakaların 3rd singular yakası yakaları 1st plural yakamız yakalarımız 2nd plural yakanız yakalarınız 3rd plural yakaları yakaları Definite accusative Singular Plural 1st singular yakamı yakalarımı 2nd singular yakanı yakalarını 3rd singular yakasını yakalarını 1st plural yakamızı yakalarımızı 2nd plural yakanızı yakalarınızı 3rd plural yakalarını yakalarını Dative Singular Plural 1st singular yakama yakalarıma 2nd singular yakana yakalarına 3rd singular yakasına yakalarına 1st plural yakamıza yakalarımıza 2nd plural yakanıza yakalarınıza 3rd plural yakalarına yakalarına Locative Singular Plural 1st singular yakamda yakalarımda 2nd singular yakanda yakalarında 3rd singular yakasında yakalarında 1st plural yakamızda yakalarımızda 2nd plural yakanızda yakalarınızda 3rd plural yakalarında yakalarında Ablative Singular Plural 1st singular yakamdan yakalarımdan 2nd singular yakandan yakalarından 3rd singular yakasından yakalarından 1st plural yakamızdan yakalarımızdan 2nd plural yakanızdan yakalarınızdan 3rd plural yakalarından yakalarından Genitive Singular Plural 1st singular yakamın yakalarımın 2nd singular yakanın yakalarının 3rd singular yakasının yakalarının 1st plural yakamızın yakalarımızın 2nd plural yakanızın yakalarınızın 3rd plural yakalarının yakalarının

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Wauja

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jaˈka/

Noun

yaka

1. spectacled (White or common) caiman, caimans, Caiman crocodilus.

   Yaka WEke. Ah, kawikaapapai ka jouhan! ... Yakakuma jano han!

   [He was a] gigantic caiman. Ah, [he] was terrifying indeed, that one! ....[The] Caiman Spirit, he was!

   Iye ejekujata ipitsi, ayakatapai umapai. EjekuJAtapai tonejunaun. Ipitsi ja umapai: ayakatawi.

   Kamani iya yaka okaho?

   Itsa ejekuJAtapai, ententsapai kupato. Ipitsi inyaun wi, kata inyaun, kata enojanaun, iya ayakata, umakonapai yiu whun, iya ententsapai papisulu."

   [Mayanu:] When someone goes to await [someone] — that's what ayakatapai means. [When men] wait [patiently] a long time for women. That's what we call ayakatapai.

   [Anthropologist asks why the word mentions the caiman.]

   [Kaomo:] That's how [caimans] wait, motionless — they're on the lookout for fish. So [you say the] same thing about those people, those men, who go to await their lovers, [who stand alert and motionless], waiting for [the] women [to come out of their houses].

Derived terms

• ayakata (“awaits a lover”)
• Yakaojokuma (“Great Caiman Spirit”)

References

• Species identification from E. Ireland field notes, confirmed with Piitsa, Muri, and other elders (all experienced hunters) in 1982 using José Cândido de Melo Carvalho's Atlas da Fauna Brasileira, Edições Melhoramentos, São Paulo, 1981.
• "Yaka WEke" (transcript, pp. 18-19), and "Aminya yikiyantawi!" (p. 31) uttered by Arutatumpa, storyteller and elder, and members of his audience, as he recounted the traditional tale, the "Caiman Spirit" (Yakaojokuma). Recorded in Piyulaga village in the presence of assembled elders and others, November 1989. Recorded in BBC film, "The Storyteller."
• "Iye ejekujata" (transcript p. 84), uttered by Mayano and his father Kaomo, upon listening to a recording of Arutatumpa's performance of the Yakaojokuma story.