akaka

Chickasaw

Etymology

Cognate to Choctaw akaka, Alabama akaaka

Noun

akaka

chicken

Alternative forms

akanka'

Choctaw

Alternative forms

akanka (traditional)
akaⁿka (Byington/Swanton)

Etymology

Cognate with Chickasaw akaka, Alabama akaaka

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /akã́ːka(ʔ)/
Transcription: akáka'

Noun

akaka (alienable)

Declension

Modern Spelling
		akakayōsh	akakayo̱		Possession
	absolute	nominative	accusative	oblique
neutral	akaka	akakayat	akakaya̱	akakayak
contrastive	akakayakō	akakayakōsh	akakayako̱	akakayakakō
contrastive	akakayakō	akakayato	akakayano	akakayakakō
focus	akakayō	akakayato	akakayano	akakayakō
		akakayōsh	akakayo̱
class III agreement		singular	paucal	plural
first-person	("my, our")	amakaka	pimakaka	hapimakaka
second-person	("thy, your")	chimakaka	hachimakaka
third-person	("his, her, its, their")	imakaka
Suffixes
-ma "that, there"	-pa "this, here"	-kia "also, too"	-ba "only"	-ōk "but"
akakama	akakapa	akaka(yak)kia	akakaba	akakayōk

Derived terms

akak nakni (“rooster”)
akaka nipi (“chicken meat”)
akakoshi (“egg”)
akak tīk (“hen”)

Yoruba

Etymology

à- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ kàkà (“intense effort”), literally “that which is of intense effort”

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /à.kà.kà/

Noun

àkàkà

long stride, giant step

Derived terms

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

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