jaka

See also: Jaka, -jaka, jaká, jaką, and jąka

Albanian

Noun

jaka

1. inflection of jakë:
   1. definite nominative singular
   2. indefinite nominative/accusative plural

Basque

jaka

Alternative forms

• jake (Biscayan)

Etymology

Ultimately from Old French jaque (“jacket”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Southern) /xaka/, [xa.ka]
• IPA^(key): (Northern) /jaka/, [ja.ka]

Noun

jaka inan

1. jacket

   Synonym: txamarra

   Jaka jarri eta erostera joan zen.

   He put on his jacket and went to the market.

Declension

Declension of jaka (inanimate, ending in -a)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	jaka	jaka	jakak
ergative	jakak	jakak	jakek
dative	jakari	jakari	jakei
genitive	jakaren	jakaren	jaken
comitative	jakarekin	jakarekin	jakekin
causative	jakarengatik	jakarengatik	jakengatik
benefactive	jakarentzat	jakarentzat	jakentzat
instrumental	jakaz	jakaz	jakez
inessive	jakatan	jakan	jaketan
locative	jakatako	jakako	jaketako
allative	jakatara	jakara	jaketara
terminative	jakataraino	jakaraino	jaketaraino
directive	jakatarantz	jakarantz	jaketarantz
destinative	jakatarako	jakarako	jaketarako
ablative	jakatatik	jakatik	jaketatik
partitive	jakarik	—	—
prolative	jakatzat	—	—

Derived terms

• jakadun

Further reading

• “jaka”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “jaka”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈjaka]
• Rhymes: -aka
• Hyphenation: ja‧ka

Noun

jaka

1. genitive/accusative singular of jak

Hausa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /(d)ʒà.káː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒə̀.káː]

Noun

jàkā f (plural jakunkunā̀, possessed form jàkar̃)

1. bag
2. (obsolete in Nigeria) 100 pounds (in the old currency).
3. (Niger) 1000 francs.

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aːka

Noun

jaka

1. indefinite accusative singular of jaki
2. indefinite dative singular of jaki
3. indefinite genitive singular of jaki
4. indefinite accusative plural of jaki
5. indefinite genitive plural of jaki

Javanese

Romanization

jaka

1. Romanization of ꦗꦏ

Kashubian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Jacke. Compare Greater Polish jaka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈja.ka/
• Rhymes: -aka
• Syllabification: ja‧ka

Noun

jaka f

1. jacket

Declension

Declension of jaka

	singular	plural
nominative	jaka	jaczi
genitive	jaczi	jaków
dative	jace	jakóm
accusative	jakã	jaczi
instrumental	jaką	jakama
locative	jace	jakach
vocative	jakò	jaczi

Further reading

• “jaka”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

Latvian

Noun

jaka f (4th declension)

1. cardigan
2. jersey
3. blazer
4. anorack
5. jacket

Declension

Declension of jaka (4th declension)

	singular	plural
nominative	jaka	jakas
genitive	jakas	jaku
dative	jakai	jakām
accusative	jaku	jakas
instrumental	jaku	jakām
locative	jakā	jakās
vocative	jaka	jakas

Noun

jaka m

1. genitive singular of jaks

Murui Huitoto

Alternative forms

• jaca

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈha.ka]
• Hyphenation: ja‧ka

Adverb

jaka

1. always
2. (+ negative) never

References

• Shirley Burtch (1983) Diccionario Huitoto Murui (Tomo I) (Linguistica Peruana No. 20)‎^[1] (in Spanish), Yarinacocha, Peru: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 118
• Katarzyna Izabela Wojtylak (2017) A grammar of Murui (Bue): a Witotoan language of Northwest Amazonia.‎^[2], Townsville: James Cook University press (PhD thesis), page 146

Old Javanese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒa.ka/
• Rhymes: -ka
• Hyphenation: ja‧ka

Noun

jaka

1. unmarried young man

Alternative forms

• jajaka

Derived terms

• amarajaka
• jajaka
• parajaka

Descendants

• Javanese: ꦗꦏ (jaka)

Further reading

• "jaka" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Old Norse

Noun

jaka

1. inflection of jaki:
   1. oblique singular
   2. accusative plural
   3. genitive plural

Polish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈja.ka/

• (Greater Poland):
  • (Chełmno-Dobrzyń) IPA^(key): /ˈja.ka/
  • (Kuyavia) IPA^(key): /ˈja.ka/

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• Rhymes: -aka
• Syllabification: ja‧ka

Etymology 1

Borrowed from German Jacke. Compare Kashubian jaka.

Noun

jaka f (diminutive jaczka)

1. (Kuyavia) kaftan (long tunic worn in the Eastern Mediterranean)

   Synonym: kaftan

2. (Kuyavia) kaftan (long dress or shirt similar in style to those worn in the Eastern Mediterranean)

   Synonym: kaftan

3. (Chełmno-Dobrzyń) short spencer similar to a żupan

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

jaka m animal

1. genitive/accusative singular of jak

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronoun

jaka

1. feminine nominative/vocative singular of jaki

Further reading

• Józef Bliziński (1860) “jaka”, in Abecadłowy spis wyrazów języka ludowego w Kujawach i Galicyi Zachodniej (in Polish), Warszawa, page 623
• Oskar Kolberg (1867) “jaka”, in Dzieła wszystkie: Kujawy (in Polish), page 271
• Antoni Krasnowolski (1879) “jaka”, in Album uczącéj się młodzieży polskiéj poświęcone Józefowi Ignacemu Kraszewskiemu z powodu jubileuszu jego pięćdziesięcioletniéj działalności literackiéj (in Polish), Lviv: Czytelni Akademickiéj Lwowskiéj; "Gaz. Narod." J. Dobrzańskiego i K. Gromana, Słowniczek prowincjalizmów zebranych w ziemi chełmińskiej i świeckiej, page 303

Swedish

Etymology

From ja (“yes”), similar to neka (“to say no”). Old Swedish iaka or iaa without the -k suffix.

Verb

jaka (present jakar, preterite jakade, supine jakat, imperative jaka)

1. to say yes, to agree, to support

Conjugation

Conjugation of jaka (weak)

	active		passive
infinitive	jaka		jakas
supine	jakat		jakats
imperative	jaka		—
imper. plural1	jaken		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	jakar	jakade	jakas	jakades
ind. plural1	jaka	jakade	jakas	jakades
subjunctive2	jake	jakade	jakes	jakades
present participle		jakande
past participle		jakad

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Related terms

• bejaka

See also

• ja-sägare

References

• jaka in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• jaka in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• jaka in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• jaka in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Anagrams

• kaja