yaca
See also: yacá
Fijian
Etymology
From Proto-Oceanic *asaq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hasaq, from Proto-Austronesian *Sasaq (“to sharpen, whet”).
Verb
yaca
Spanish
Etymology
From Taíno [Term?].
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʝaka/ [ˈɟ͡ʝa.ka] (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay)
- IPA(key): /ˈʃaka/ [ˈʃa.ka] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /ˈʒaka/ [ˈʒa.ka] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Rhymes: -aka
- Syllabification: ya‧ca
Noun
yaca f (plural yacas)
- soursop tree
- Synonym: guanábano
- (Mexico) breadfruit
- Synonym: (see for more synonyms) fruto del árbol del pan
Further reading
- “yaca”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
- “yaca”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010
Tataltepec Chatino
Etymology
Compare Isthmus Zapotec yaga.
Noun
yaca