jaca

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese jaca, from Malayalam ചക്ക (cakka) / Tamil சக்கை (cakkai).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈʒa.kə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈd͡ʒa.ka]

Noun

jaca f (plural jaques)

1. jackfruit

Etymology

From Arabic جَاعَ (jāʕa).

Verb

jaca I (present pijoco)

1. to be hungry

References

• Borg, Alexander (2004) A Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic–English) (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.70), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 190

Adverb

jaca

1. Alternative spelling of jaka

References

• Shirley Burtch (1983) Diccionario Huitoto Murui (Tomo I) (Linguistica Peruana No. 20)‎ (in Spanish), Yarinacocha, Peru: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 118

Etymology

Borrowed from Malayalam ചക്ക (cakka) / Tamil சக்கை (cakkai).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -akɐ
• Hyphenation: ja‧ca

Noun

jaca f (plural jacas)

1. jackfruit (the fruit of Artocarpus heterophyllus)

Noun

jaca (Cyrillic spelling јаца)

1. genitive singular of jadac

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxaka/ [ˈxa.ka]

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• Rhymes: -aka
• Syllabification: ja‧ca

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Spanish haca, from Old French haque, from Middle English hack, from the Middle English equivalent of Hackney, a borough of London famous for its horses.

Etymology 2

Anagrams

• caja