akala

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

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

akala (needs class)

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

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