chaka

From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jákà.

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃa.ká/

chaká class 7 (plural zaká class 8)

1. year

• chakana (South Bolivian)

chaka

1. bridge
2. cross, especially the Andean cross

• Audio (Kenya):

  (file)

chaka (ma class, plural machaka)

1. shrubland (land that is covered mostly with shrubs)

chaka (ki-vi class, no plural)

1. summer (season)

   Synonyms: kiangazi, msimu wa joto

Note that there isn't a one-to-one mapping between seasons at the equator, where Swahili is commonly spoken, and seasons elsewhere. See equatorial seasons and climate for more details.

-chaka

1. to be poor

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃaˈkaʔ/
  • IPA^(key): (no yod coalescence) /tsaˈkaʔ/
• Rhymes: -aʔ
• Syllabification: cha‧ka

chakâ (Baybayin spelling ᜆ᜔ᜐᜃ) (colloquial)

1. Alternative form of 'tsaka

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃaka/
  • IPA^(key): (no yod coalescence) /ˈtsaka/
• Rhymes: -aka
• Syllabification: cha‧ka

chaka (Baybayin spelling ᜆ᜔ᜐᜃ)

1. (common) Alternative spelling of tsaka

• IPA^(key):

chaka

1. allomorph of taka used after words that end in i
2. allomorph of kwaka used after words that end in i

From Proto-Mixtec *tɨ-yakaʔ.

chaka

1. fish

• Beaty de Farris, Kathryn, et al. (2012) Diccionario básico del mixteco de Yosondúa, Oaxaca (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 46)‎ (in Spanish), third edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 5