akala

akala

Hausa

Etymology

From Tuareg, e.g. Tamasheq ăkala.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔá.kàː.là/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [ʔá.kàː.lə̀]

Noun

akā̀là f (plural àkā̀lai, possessed form akā̀làr̃)

1. rope used to lead a camel
2. (by extension) lead or control over a situation

References

• Kossmann, Maarten (2005) Berber Loanwords in Hausa (Berber Studies; 12), Köln: Rüdiger Köppe Verlag, →ISBN, ISSN 1618-1425

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Igbo

Alternative forms

• akara

Etymology

From Yoruba àkàrà.

Noun

akala

1. deep-fried bean cake

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Tagalog

Alternative forms

• kala

Etymology 1

From Arabic عَقَلَ‎ (ʿaqala), as per Potet (2013). Compare Malay akal.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: a‧ka‧la
• IPA^(key): /ʔaˈkalaʔ/, [ʔɐˈxa.lɐʔ]

Noun

akalà

1. presumption; surmise; assumption; thinking
2. belief; opinion

Derived terms

• akalaan
• akalain
• mag-akala
• pag-akalaan

 

Etymology 2

From Arabic كَالَ‎ (kāla), as per Potet (2013).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: a‧ka‧la
• IPA^(key): /ʔaˈkala/, [ʔɐˈxa.lɐ]

Noun

akála

1. calculation; estimate

Derived terms

• mag-akala

 

References

• Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2013) Arabic and Persian Loanwords in Tagalog, Lulu Press, →ISBN, pages 164-165

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Yoruba

Àkàlà

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /à.kà.là/

Noun

àkàlà

1. A general term for the various species of hornbill

   Synonyms: àkàlàmàgbò, atíòro, atíálá

   àkàlà á ṣá ojú ìkà jẹ ― The hornbill gouge out the eyes of the wicked

References

• Awoyale, Yiwola (December 19, 2008) Global Yoruba Lexical Database v. 1.0‎, issue LDC2008L03, Philadelphia: Linguistic Data Consortium, DOI:https://doi.org/10.35111/6sp6-8p36, →ISBN