akala

See also: a̱ka̱la, ākala, and акала

Hausa

Etymology

From Tuareg, e.g. Tamasheq ăkala.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔá.kàː.là/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [ʔá.kàː.lə̀]

Noun

akā̀là f (plural àkā̀lai, possessed form akā̀làr̃)

1. rope used to lead a camel
2. (by extension) lead or control over a situation

References

• Kossmann, Maarten (2005) Berber Loanwords in Hausa (Berber Studies; 12), Köln: Rüdiger Köppe Verlag, →ISBN, →ISSN

Igbo

Alternative forms

• akara

Etymology

From Yoruba àkàrà.

Noun

akala

1. deep-fried bean cake

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• kala

Etymology

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”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔaˈkalaʔ/, [ʔɐˈxa.lɐʔ]
• Rhymes: -alaʔ
• Syllabification: a‧ka‧la

Noun

akalà (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜃᜎ)

1. presumption; surmise; assumption; thinking
2. belief; opinion
3. (obsolete) calculation; estimate

Derived terms

• akalaan
• akalain
• mag-akala
• pag-akalaan

 

See also

• anakala
• bulukala
• munakala
• munukala
• panukala
• punukala
• tingkala

 

References

• “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^[1] (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

Yoruba

Àkàlà

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /à.kà.là/

Noun

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

References

• Awoyale, Yiwola (2008 December 19) Global Yoruba Lexical Database v. 1.0‎^[2], number LDC2008L03, Philadelphia: Linguistic Data Consortium, →DOI, →ISBN