yaqa

Fijian edit

Verb edit

yaqa

(intransitive) to creep, to crawl (used especially for insects and bugs)
Synonym: qasi

yaqa (yaqa-va)

(transitive) to creep to, on or over

Usage notes edit

The verbs yaqa and yaqava should only be used for creatures with legs. For creatures with no legs such as worms, snakes and eels, one should use dolo.

Hopi edit

Noun edit

yaqa

nose (body part)

Quechua edit

Adverb edit

yaqa

almost, nearly

Numeral edit

yaqa

quarter, one fourth

Salar edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Turkic *yaka. Cognate to Azerbaijani yaxa, Gagauz, Turkish, and Turkmen yaka, etc.

Pronunciation edit

(Qinghai, Xinjiang) IPA^(key): [jɑχɑ]

Noun edit

yaqa (3rd person possessive yaqası, plural yaqalar)

collar
side, edge

References edit

Tenishev, Edhem (1976) “yaqa”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká [Grammar of Salar], Moscow, page 350
Yakup, Abdurishid (2002) “yaqa”, in An Ili Salar Vocabulary: Introduction and a Provisional Salar-English Lexicon‎^[1], Tokyo: University of Tokyo, →ISBN, page 122