# paka
## Asi
### Noun

pakâ
* frog

## Finnish
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpɑkɑ/, [ˈpɑ̝kɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -ɑkɑ
* Hyphenation: pa‧ka

### Noun

paka
* paca (any South/Central American rodent of the genus Cuniculus)
* lowland paca, Cuniculus paca (name species of the genus)

#### Declension

Possessive forms of paka (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
pakani
pakani
accusative
nom.
pakani
pakani
gen.
pakani
genitive
pakani
pakojeni pakaini $^{rare}$
partitive
pakaani
pakojani
inessive
pakassani
pakoissani
elative
pakastani
pakoistani
illative
pakaani
pakoihini
adessive
pakallani
pakoillani
ablative
pakaltani
pakoiltani
allative
pakalleni
pakoilleni
essive
pakanani
pakoinani
translative
pakakseni
pakoikseni
abessive
pakattani
pakoittani
instructive
comitative
—pakoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
pakasi
pakasi
accusative
nom.
pakasi
pakasi
gen.
pakasi
genitive
pakasi
pakojesi pakaisi $^{rare}$
partitive
pakaasi
pakojasi
inessive
pakassasi
pakoissasi
elative
pakastasi
pakoistasi
illative
pakaasi
pakoihisi
adessive
pakallasi
pakoillasi
ablative
pakaltasi
pakoiltasi
allative
pakallesi
pakoillesi
essive
pakanasi
pakoinasi
translative
pakaksesi
pakoiksesi
abessive
pakattasi
pakoittasi
instructive
comitative
—pakoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
pakamme
pakamme
accusative
nom.
pakamme
pakamme
gen.
pakamme
genitive
pakamme
pakojemme pakaimme $^{rare}$
partitive
pakaamme
pakojamme
inessive
pakassamme
pakoissamme
elative
pakastamme
pakoistamme
illative
pakaamme
pakoihimme
adessive
pakallamme
pakoillamme
ablative
pakaltamme
pakoiltamme
allative
pakallemme
pakoillemme
essive
pakanamme
pakoinamme
translative
pakaksemme
pakoiksemme
abessive
pakattamme
pakoittamme
instructive
comitative
—pakoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
pakanne
pakanne
accusative
nom.
pakanne
pakanne
gen.
pakanne
genitive
pakanne
pakojenne pakainne $^{rare}$
partitive
pakaanne
pakojanne
inessive
pakassanne
pakoissanne
elative
pakastanne
pakoistanne
illative
pakaanne
pakoihinne
adessive
pakallanne
pakoillanne
ablative
pakaltanne
pakoiltanne
allative
pakallenne
pakoillenne
essive
pakananne
pakoinanne
translative
pakaksenne
pakoiksenne
abessive
pakattanne
pakoittanne
instructive
comitative
—pakoinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
pakansa
pakansa
accusative
nom.
pakansa
pakansa
gen.
pakansa
genitive
pakansa
pakojensa pakainsa $^{rare}$
partitive
pakaansa
pakojaan pakojansa
inessive
pakassaan pakassansa
pakoissaan pakoissansa
elative
pakastaan pakastansa
pakoistaan pakoistansa
illative
pakaansa
pakoihinsa
adessive
pakallaan pakallansa
pakoillaan pakoillansa
ablative
pakaltaan pakaltansa
pakoiltaan pakoiltansa
allative
pakalleen pakallensa
pakoilleen pakoillensa
essive
pakanaan pakanansa
pakoinaan pakoinansa
translative
pakakseen pakaksensa
pakoikseen pakoiksensa
abessive
pakattaan pakattansa
pakoittaan pakoittansa
instructive
comitative
—pakoineen pakoinensa :

#### Derived terms

* vuoripaka

## Hawaiian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpa.ka/, [ˈpɐ.kə]

### Etymology 1

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

#### Verb

paka
* to strain out impurities
* to criticize constructively

### Etymology 2

From English butter.

#### Noun

paka
* butter; curds

### Etymology 3

From English bugger.

#### Noun

paka
* bugger

### Etymology 4

From English tobacco.

#### Noun

paka
* tobacco

### Etymology 5

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

#### Noun

paka
* cartilage; kākala
* a fish also known as ʻōpakapaka

### Etymology 6

Onomatopoeic.

#### Noun

paka
* the sound of raindrops falling

### References

* ↑ Nā Puke Wehewehe ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi

## Hiligaynon
### Noun

paka
* frog

## Latvian
### Noun

paka f (4th declension)
* package
* packet
* box
* bundle
* carton (milk)
* bag (flour)
* This entry needs quotations to illustrate usage. If you come across any interesting, durably archived quotes then please add them!

#### See also

* paciņa f

## Old Tupi
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈpa.ka]
* Rhymes: -aka
* Hyphenation: pa‧ka

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *pak.
Cognate with Guaraní paka.

#### Noun

paka (unpossessable)
* 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.

##### Related terms

* pakaîara
* pakoba

##### Descendants

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

### Etymology 2

From pak (“to awake”) +‎ -a.

#### Noun

paka (possessable)
* awakening

### References

* Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (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
* Nelson Papavero, Dante Martins Teixeira (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

## Phuthi
### Verb

-paka
* to witness

#### Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

## Pipil
### Verb

paka
* to wash

### Further reading

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

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpa.ka/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -aka
* Syllabification: pa‧ka

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from German Pack, from Low German pack, from Middle Low German pak, from Old Saxon *pakko, from Proto-Germanic *pakkô.

#### Noun

paka f
* Augmentative of paczka
* (colloquial) slammer (prison)
    Synonyms: ciupa, koza, pierdel, pudło
* (colloquial) semi-trailer (trailer without a front axle)
    Synonym: naczepa
* (colloquial) hundred (banknote)
    Synonym: stówa
* (Kuyavia) crate for transporting potatoes
    Synonym: hela

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish paca, from Guaraní paka.

#### Noun

paka f
* paca (any rodent of the genus Cuniculus)

##### Declension
### Etymology 3

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

#### Noun

paka f
* Paka (Sepik language)

### Further reading

* paka in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* paka in Polish dictionaries at PWN
* 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

## Rapa Nui
### Adjective

paka
* dry

## Swahili
### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Bantu [Term?].

#### Noun

paka class IX (plural paka class X)
* cat

### Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Bantu [Term?].

#### Verb

-paka (infinitive kupaka)
* to spread or apply (e.g. an ointment or lipstick)

##### Conjugation

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 future | positive subject concord + -tapaka |
| Negative future | negative subject concord + -tapaka |
| 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 |
| 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 |
Relative forms :
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information. :

##### Derived terms

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

## Tagalog
### Noun

pakâ (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜃ)
* a species of mollusk
* shell of mollusk

### Anagrams

* apak, akap

## Tongan
### Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *paka-paka (compare with Tahitian paʻapaʻa, Samoan paʻa and paʻapaʻa, Maori pāpaka, and Hawaiian pāpaʻi).

### Noun

paka
* crab

### References

* ↑ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “paapaka”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online

## Yoruba
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /k͡pā.kà/

### Verb

pakà
* to thresh maize

## Zulu
### Etymology

Borrowed from English park.

### Verb

-paka$^?$
* to park