akaka

Chickasaw

Alternative forms

akanka'

Etymology

Cognate to Choctaw aka̱ka, Alabama akaaka

Noun

akaka

chicken

Yoruba

Etymology

From à- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ kàkà (“intense effort”), literally “that which is of intense effort”

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /à.kà.kà/

Noun

àkàkà

long stride, giant step

Derived terms

làkàkà (“to struggle, to make an effort”)
àkàkà kéékèèkéé (“small stride, small paces”)
ìlàkàkà (“struggle, effort”)

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