Waka

See also: waka, -waka, and wak'a

English

Proper noun

Waka

1. A female given name from Japanese

Anagrams

• kawa

Japanese

Romanization

Waka

1. Rōmaji transcription of わか

Yoruba

Alternative forms

• وَكَ

Etymology

From the Hausa waƙa (song). Entered Yorùbá through Islamic influence from the Hausa, with the first literary usage of the word being written in an Ajami manuscript written by Salihu Apomu from the center of Islamic learning of Yorubaland, Ìlọrin. In his manuscript the word simply meant song, which is the same as the original Hausa definition.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wá.kà/

Noun

Wákà

1. a genre of Yoruba music with heavy Islamic influences coming from the Hausa