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Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /waˈkala/
- Rhymes: -ala
- Syllabification: wa‧ka‧la
Interjection
wakala
- (colloquial, Peru, Paraguay) alternative form of guácala (ew, yuck)
Further reading
Swahili
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Arabic وِكالة (wikāla).
Noun
wakala class V (plural mawakala class VI)
- an agency (business of one entrusted with the concerns of another)
- an agent from an agency (one who acts in place of another)
Etymology 2
Verb
wakala
- form of -la (“to eat”): wa- (wa class(II)subject concord) + -ka- (consecutive) + -la