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Yes. The word waka is a Scrabble US word. The word waka is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

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4-letter words (2 found)

KAWA,WAKA,

3-letter words (4 found)

AKA,AWA,AWK,KAW,

2-letter words (3 found)

AA,AW,KA,

You can make 9 words from waka according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of waka

waka awka wkaa kwaa akwa kawa waak awak waak awak aawk aawk wkaa kwaa waka awka kawa akwa akaw kaaw aakw aakw kaaw akaw

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Definitions and meaning of waka

waka

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Japanese 和歌 (waka), from Middle Chinese 和 (ɣwa), a gloss for 倭 (ʔwa, “Japan”) + 歌 (ka, “song”).

Noun

waka (plural wakas or waka)

  1. (poetry) A kind of classical Japanese poem.
Translations

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Maori waka.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈwɒkə/, /ˈwʌkə/
  • Rhymes: -ɒkə, -ʌkə

Noun

waka (plural wakas or waka)

  1. (New Zealand) A Maori canoe.
Derived terms

See also

  • waka gashira

Anagrams

  • kawa

Aymara

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish vaca. Cognate with Jaqaru waka.

Noun

waka

  1. cow

Balantak

Noun

waka

  1. body

References

  • Robert Busenitz & Daniel Bradbury (2016). Balantak Dictionary – waka. SIL International.

Bintulu

Etymology

From Proto-North Sarawak [Term?], from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(w)akaʀ.

Noun

waka

  1. root (of plant)

Chamicuro

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish vaca.

Noun

waka

  1. cow

Chickasaw

Verb

waka

  1. to fly

Fijian

Noun

waka

  1. root
    Synonym: vu

Hawaiian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈwa.ka/, [ˈʋɐ.kə]

Verb

waka

  1. to flash
  2. (stative) sharp

Jamamadí

Verb

waka

  1. (Banawá) to break

References

  • 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

Japanese

Romanization

waka

  1. Rōmaji transcription of わか

Jaqaru

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish vaca. Cognate with Aymara waka.

Noun

waka

  1. cow

References

Martha James Hardman. (1996) Jaqaru: Outline of phonological and morphological structure, page 74.

Katukina

Noun

waka

  1. water

References

  • Maria Sueli de Aguiar, Elementos de descrição sintatica para uma gramatica do Katukina, page 49, 1988

Manchu

Romanization

waka

  1. Romanization of ᠸᠠᡴᠠ

Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *waka.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /wa.ka/, [wɐ.kɐ]

Noun

waka

  1. boat, canoe
  2. vehicle, conveyance
  3. transport

Derived terms

  • tūnga waka

Descendants

  • → English: waka

Mapudungun

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish vaca.

Noun

waka (Raguileo spelling)

  1. cow

References

  • Wixaleyiñ: Mapucezugun-wigkazugun pici hemvlcijka (Wixaleyiñ: Small Mapudungun-Spanish dictionary), Beretta, Marta; Cañumil, Dario; Cañumil, Tulio, 2008.

Nigerian Pidgin

Etymology

Corruption of walk.

Verb

waka

  1. to walk

Palu'e

Etymology

From Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *(w)akaʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(w)akaʀ.

Noun

waka

  1. root (of plant)

Pijin

Etymology

From English work.

Noun

waka

  1. work; labor; job

Quechua

Etymology 1

Noun

waka

  1. dwarf, sickly baby

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish vaca.

Noun

waka

  1. cow
Usage notes

Not to be confused with wak'a.

Declension

Remontado Agta

Noun

waká

  1. rattan

Swahili

Pronunciation

Verb

-waka (infinitive kuwaka)

  1. to burn, be in flames
  2. to shine

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • Verbal derivations:
    • Causative: -washa (“to set something on fire”)

Yanomamö

Noun

waka

  1. giant armadillo, Priodontes maximus

References

  • Lizot, Jacques (2004) Diccionario enciclopédico de la lengua yãnomãmɨ (in Spanish), Vicariato apostólico de Puerto Ayacucho, →ISBN

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