paka

paka

1. first-person singular aorist indicative of pak

pakâ

1. frog

< Spanish paca (“paca”), from Old Tupi paka

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɑkɑ/, [ˈpɑ̝kɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑkɑ
• Syllabification^(key): pa‧ka
• Hyphenation^(key): pa‧ka

paka

1. paca (any South/Central American rodent of the genus Cuniculus)
2. lowland paca, Cuniculus paca (name species of the genus)

• IPA^(key): /ˈpa.ka/, [ˈpɐ.kə]

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

paka

1. to strain out impurities
2. to criticize constructively

From English butter.

paka

1. butter; curds

From English bugger.

paka

1. bugger

From English tobacco.

paka

1. tobacco

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

paka

1. cartilage; kākala
2. a fish also known as ʻōpakapaka

Onomatopoeic.

paka

1. the sound of raindrops falling^[1]

paka

1. frog

pākā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of pākō

Likely borrowed from German Paket, or its source, French paquet.

paka f (4th declension)

1. package
2. packet
3. box
4. bundle
5. carton (milk)
6. bag (flour)

• paciņa f

• IPA^(key): [ˈpa.ka]
• Rhymes: -aka
• Hyphenation: pa‧ka

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *pak.

paka (unpossessable)

1. lowland paca (Cuniculus paca)

   Paka onhan.

   The paca ran.

   • 1622, anonymous author, Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica, volume 2 (overall work in Old Tupi and Portuguese), Piratininga, page 73; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, São Paulo: USP, 1953:

     Pacarupiara […]

     [Paka rupîara […] ]

     Paca hunter.

• Nheengatu: paka
• → Portuguese: paca
  • → English: paca
  • → Galician: paca

From pak (“to awake”) +‎ -a.

paka (possessable)

1. awakening

• Navarro, Eduardo de Almeida (2013), “paka”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil [Dictionary of Old Tupi: The Classical Indigenous Language of Brazil ] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 369, column 1
• Papavero, Nelson; Teixeira, Dante Martins (2014), Zoonímia tupi nos escritos quinhentistas europeus [Tupi zoonymy in the 16th-century European writings] (Arquivos NEHiLP; 3) (in Portuguese), São Paulo: FFLCH-USP, →DOI, →ISBN, →ISSN, pages 254–255

-paka

1. to witness

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

paka

1. to wash

• Campbell, L. (1985). The Pipil Language of El Salvador. Mouton De Gruyter.
• Lara-Martínez, R., McCallister, R. Glosario cultural náwat pipil y nicarao.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpa.ka/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aka
• Syllabification: pa‧ka

Borrowed from German Pack. Compare Kashubian paka and Slovincian paka.

paka f

1. augmentative of paczka
2. (colloquial) slammer (prison)

   Synonyms: ciupa, koza, pierdel, pudło

3. (colloquial) semi-trailer (trailer without a front axle)

   Synonym: naczepa

4. (colloquial) hundred (banknote)

   Synonym: stówa

5. (Kuyavia) crate for transporting potatoes

   Synonym: hela

Borrowed from Spanish paca, from Paraguayan Guarani paka.

paka f

1. paca (any rodent of the genus Cuniculus)

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

paka f

1. Paka (Sepik language)

• “paka”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “paka”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)
• Józef Bliziński (1860), “hela”, in Abecadłowy spis wyrazów języka ludowego w Kujawach i Galicyi Zachodniej (in Polish), Warszawa, page 623
• Oskar Kolberg (1867), “hela”, in Dzieła wszystkie: Kujawy (in Polish), page 271

paka

1. dry

Borrowed from German Pack. Compare Kashubian paka and Polish paka.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpa.ka/
• Rhymes: -aka
• Syllabification: pa‧ka

paka f (diminutive paczka)

1. bundle, pack, packet, batch, sheaf, package, parcel

• Lorentz, Friedrich (1912), “pãkă”, in Slovinzisches Wörterbuch‎^[3] (in German), volume 2, Saint Petersburg: ОРЯС ИАН, page 741

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *mpákà.

• (Unguja standard) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑ.kɑ/
• (Kimvita) IPA^(key): /ˈpʰɑ.kɑ/

paka class IX (plural paka class X)

1. cat

Inherited from Proto-Bantu [Term?].

• (Unguja standard) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑ.kɑ/
• (Kimvita) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑ.kɑ/

• Audio (Kenya):

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-paka (infinitive kupaka)

1. to spread or apply (e.g. an ointment or lipstick)

Conjugation of -paka
Positive present -napaka Subjunctive -pake Negative -paki Imperative singular paka
Infinitives
Positive kupaka Negative kutopaka
Imperatives
Singular paka Plural pakeni
Tensed forms
Habitual hupaka Positive past positive subject concord + -lipaka Negative past negative subject concord + -kupaka
Positive present (positive subject concord + -napaka) Singular Plural 1st person ninapaka/napaka tunapaka 2nd person unapaka mnapaka 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anapaka wanapaka other classes positive subject concord + -napaka
Negative present (negative subject concord + -paki) Singular Plural 1st person sipaki hatupaki 2nd person hupaki hampaki 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hapaki hawapaki other classes negative subject concord + -paki
Positive future positive subject concord + -tapaka Negative future negative subject concord + -tapaka
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -pake) Singular Plural 1st person nipake tupake 2nd person upake mpake 3rd person m-wa(I/II) apake wapake other classes positive subject concord + -pake
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sipake Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngepaka Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singepaka Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalipaka Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalipaka
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -apaka) Singular Plural 1st person napaka twapaka 2nd person wapaka mwapaka 3rd person m-wa(I/II) apaka wapaka m-mi(III/IV) wapaka yapaka ji-ma(V/VI) lapaka yapaka ki-vi(VII/VIII) chapaka vyapaka n(IX/X) yapaka zapaka u(XI) wapaka see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwapaka pa(XVI) papaka mu(XVIII) mwapaka
Perfect positive subject concord + -mepaka "Already" positive subject concord + -meshapaka "Not yet" negative subject concord + -japaka "If/When" positive subject concord + -kipaka "If not" positive subject concord + -sipopaka Consecutive kapaka / positive subject concord + -kapaka Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kapake
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nipaka -tupaka 2nd person -kupaka -wapaka/-kupakeni/-wapakeni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mpaka -wapaka m-mi(III/IV) -upaka -ipaka ji-ma(V/VI) -lipaka -yapaka ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kipaka -vipaka n(IX/X) -ipaka -zipaka u(XI) -upaka see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kupaka pa(XVI) -papaka mu(XVIII) -mupaka Reflexive -jipaka
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -paka- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -pakaye -pakao m-mi(III/IV) -pakao -pakayo ji-ma(V/VI) -pakalo -pakayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -pakacho -pakavyo n(IX/X) -pakayo -pakazo u(XI) -pakao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -pakako pa(XVI) -pakapo mu(XVIII) -pakamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -paka) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yepaka -opaka m-mi(III/IV) -opaka -yopaka ji-ma(V/VI) -lopaka -yopaka ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chopaka -vyopaka n(IX/X) -yopaka -zopaka u(XI) -opaka see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kopaka pa(XVI) -popaka mu(XVIII) -mopaka
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

• Verbal derivations:
  • Passive: -pakwa (“to be spread or applied”)
  • Other formations: -paka matope (“to slander, to defame”), -paka rangi (“to paint”)

pakâ (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜃ)

1. a species of mollusk
2. shell of mollusk

• apak, akap

From Proto-Oceanic *paka-paka (compare with Tahitian paʻapaʻa, Samoan paʻa and paʻapaʻa, Māori pāpaka, and Hawaiian pāpaʻi).^[1]

paka

1. crab

From pa (“to thresh”) +‎ ọkà (“maize”).

• IPA^(key): /k͡pā.kà/

pakà

1. to thresh maize

Borrowed from English park.

-paka^?

1. to park