From Tuareg, e.g. Tamasheq ăkala.

• IPA^(key): /ʔá.kàː.là/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key):

akā̀là f (plural àkā̀lai, possessed form akā̀làr̃)

1. rope used to lead a camel
2. (by extension) lead or control over a situation

• Kossmann, Maarten (2005) Berber Loanwords in Hausa (Berber Studies; 12), Köln: Rüdiger Köppe Verlag, →ISBN, →ISSN

• akara

From Yoruba àkàrà.

akala

1. deep-fried bean cake

Cognates include Yoruba àkàlà (“hornbill”), Ifè àkàlà (“eagle”)

• IPA^(key): /à.kà.là/

àkàlà

1. vulture

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

akala class ? (plural )

1. (Kenya) sandal made from old tyres

   Synonym: (Tanzania) katambuga

• kala

According to Potet (2013, 2016), could be from the following:

• From Sanskrit आकार (ākāra, “form; figure; shape; stature; appearance”)
• From Arabic عَقَلَ (ʕaqala, “to realize; to understand”). Compare Malay akal.
• From Arabic كَالَ (kāla, “to measure”).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔaˈkalaʔ/
• Rhymes: -alaʔ
• Syllabification: a‧ka‧la

akalà (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜃᜎ)

1. presumption; surmise; assumption; thinking
2. belief; opinion
3. (obsolete) calculation; estimate

• “akala”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎ (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
• Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2013) Arabic and Persian Loanwords in Tagalog, Lulu Press, →ISBN, pages 164-165
• Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016) Tagalog Borrowings and Cognates, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 273
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎, La Noble Villa de Pila
  • page 206: “Cuenta) Acala (pp) que ſe hecha de lo que ſe podragaſtar dentro de tantos dias”
  • page 496: “Preuenir) Acala (pp) lo q̃ ſea de haçer ”
  • page 566: “Tantear) Acala (pp) lo que ade haçer como en obra”

• IPA^(key): /à.kà.là/

àkàlà

1. A general term for the various species of hornbill

   Synonyms: àkàlàmàgbò, atíòro, atíálá

   àkàlà á ṣá ojú ìkà jẹ ― The hornbill gouge out the eyes of the wicked

• Awoyale, Yiwola (19 December 2008) Global Yoruba Lexical Database v. 1.0‎, number LDC2008L03, Philadelphia: Linguistic Data Consortium, →DOI, →ISBN