# jaka
## Albanian
### Noun

jaka
* inflection of jakë:
** definite nominative singular
** indefinite nominative/accusative plural

## Basque
### Alternative forms

* jake (Biscayan)

### Etymology

Ultimately from Old French jaque (“jacket”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Southern) /xaka/, [xa.ka]
* IPA: (Northern) /jaka/, [ja.ka]

### Noun

jaka inan
* jacket
    Synonym: txamarra
    Jaka jarri eta erostera joan zen.He put on his jacket and went to the market.

#### Derived terms

* jakadun

### Further reading

* “jaka”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
* “jaka”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈjaka]
* Rhymes: -aka
* Hyphenation: ja‧ka

### Noun

jaka
* genitive/accusative singular of jak

## Hausa
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /(d)ʒà.káː/
** (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA: [d͡ʒə̀.káː]

### Noun

jàkā f (plural jakunkunā̀, possessed form jàkar̃)
* bag
* (obsolete in Nigeria) 100 pounds (in the old currency).
* (Niger) 1000 francs.

## Icelandic
### Pronunciation

* Rhymes: -aːka

### Noun

jaka
* indefinite accusative singular of jaki
* indefinite dative singular of jaki
* indefinite genitive singular of jaki
* indefinite accusative plural of jaki
* indefinite genitive plural of jaki

## Javanese
### Romanization

jaka
* Romanization of ꦗꦏ

## Kashubian
### Etymology

Borrowed from German Jacke. Compare Greater Polish jaka.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈja.ka/
* Rhymes: -aka
* Syllabification: ja‧ka

### Noun

jaka f
* jacket

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “jaka”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

## Latvian
### Noun

jaka f (4th declension)
* cardigan
* jersey
* blazer
* anorack
* jacket
* This entry needs quotations to illustrate usage. If you come across any interesting, durably archived quotes then please add them!

#### Declension
### Noun

jaka m
* genitive singular of jaks

## Murui Huitoto
### Alternative forms

* jaca

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈha.ka]
* Hyphenation: ja‧ka

### Adverb

jaka
* always
* (+ negative) never

### References

* Shirley Burtch (1983) Diccionario Huitoto Murui (Tomo I) (Linguistica Peruana No. 20)‎ (in Spanish), Yarinacocha, Peru: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 118
* Katarzyna Izabela Wojtylak (2017) A grammar of Murui (Bue): a Witotoan language of Northwest Amazonia.‎, Townsville: James Cook University press (PhD thesis), page 146

## Old Javanese
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /d͡ʒa.ka/
* Rhymes: -ka
* Hyphenation: ja‧ka

### Noun

jaka
* unmarried young man

#### Alternative forms

* jajaka

#### Derived terms

* amarajaka
* jajaka
* parajaka

#### Descendants

* Javanese: ꦗꦏ (jaka)

### Further reading

* "jaka" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

## Old Norse
### Noun

jaka
* inflection of jaki:
** oblique singular
** accusative plural
** genitive plural

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈja.ka/
* (Greater Poland):
** (Chełmno-Dobrzyń) IPA: /ˈja.ka/
** (Kuyavia) IPA: /ˈja.ka/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -aka
* Syllabification: ja‧ka

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from German Jacke. Compare Kashubian jaka.

#### Noun

jaka f (diminutive jaczka)
* (Kuyavia) kaftan (long tunic worn in the Eastern Mediterranean)
    Synonym: kaftan
* (Kuyavia) kaftan (long dress or shirt similar in style to those worn in the Eastern Mediterranean)
    Synonym: kaftan
* (Chełmno-Dobrzyń) short spencer similar to a żupan

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Noun

jaka m animal
* genitive/accusative singular of jak

### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Pronoun

jaka
* feminine nominative/vocative singular of jaki

### Further reading

* Józef Bliziński (1860) “jaka”, in Abecadłowy spis wyrazów języka ludowego w Kujawach i Galicyi Zachodniej (in Polish), Warszawa, page 623
* Oskar Kolberg (1867) “jaka”, in Dzieła wszystkie: Kujawy (in Polish), page 271
* Antoni Krasnowolski (1879) “jaka”, in Album uczącéj się młodzieży polskiéj poświęcone Józefowi Ignacemu Kraszewskiemu z powodu jubileuszu jego pięćdziesięcioletniéj działalności literackiéj (in Polish), Lviv: Czytelni Akademickiéj Lwowskiéj; "Gaz. Narod." J. Dobrzańskiego i K. Gromana, Słowniczek prowincjalizmów zebranych w ziemi chełmińskiej i świeckiej, page 303

## Swedish
### Etymology

From ja (“yes”), similar to neka (“to say no”). Old Swedish iaka or iaa without the -k suffix.

### Verb

jaka (present jakar, preterite jakade, supine jakat, imperative jaka)
* to say yes, to agree, to support

#### Conjugation

$^1$ Archaic. $^2$ Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

#### Related terms

* bejaka

#### See also

* ja-sägare

### References

* jaka in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* jaka in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* jaka in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
* jaka in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

### Anagrams

* kaja