akaka

Chickasaw

Alternative forms

• akanka'

Etymology

Cognate to Choctaw aka̱ka, Alabama akaaka

Noun

akaka

1. 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

1. long stride, giant step

Derived terms

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