yuka
See also: Yuka
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
yuka (uncountable)
- A secular Afro-Cuban musical tradition with drumming, singing and dancing, developed by Kongo slaves in colonial times.
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
yuka (uncountable)
- Alternative form of yuca (“cassava root”)
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Choctaw edit
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Noun edit
yuka
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yuka
Turkish edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Turkic *yubka (“thin”). Cognate to yufka where the original sense was partially preserved.
Adjective edit
yuka
- (dialectal, Adana, Osmaniye, of water) shallow
- (dialectal, Adana, Osmaniye) shallow, thin, opposite of thick in a vertical direction
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Wagaya edit
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yuka
References edit
- Australian Languages: Classification and the Comparative Method (2004, →ISBN, edited by Claire Bowern, Harold James Koch
West Albay Bikol edit
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yuka