# naka
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Hindustani نَاکَا (nākā) / नाका (nākā).

### Noun

naka (plural nakas)
* (India) A place where workers assemble to seek employment.

### Anagrams

* Akan, Kana, kana, knaa

## Ese
### Noun

naka
* enemy

## Finnish
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *naka.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈnɑkɑ/, [ˈnɑ̝kɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -ɑkɑ
* Hyphenation: na‧ka

### Noun

naka (dialectal, South Karelia)
* drain plug, plug (plug on the bottom of a boat, closing the draining hole while the boat is afloat)

#### Declension

Possessive forms of naka (Kotus type 10*D/koira, k-∅ gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
nakani
nakani
accusative
nom.
nakani
nakani
gen.
nakani
genitive
nakani
nakieni nakaini $^{rare}$
partitive
nakaani
nakiani
inessive
naassani
naissani
elative
naastani
naistani
illative
nakaani
nakiini
adessive
naallani
naillani
ablative
naaltani
nailtani
allative
naalleni
nailleni
essive
nakanani
nakinani
translative
naakseni
naikseni
abessive
naattani
naittani
instructive
comitative
—nakineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
nakasi
nakasi
accusative
nom.
nakasi
nakasi
gen.
nakasi
genitive
nakasi
nakiesi nakaisi $^{rare}$
partitive
nakaasi
nakiasi
inessive
naassasi
naissasi
elative
naastasi
naistasi
illative
nakaasi
nakiisi
adessive
naallasi
naillasi
ablative
naaltasi
nailtasi
allative
naallesi
naillesi
essive
nakanasi
nakinasi
translative
naaksesi
naiksesi
abessive
naattasi
naittasi
instructive
comitative
—nakinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
nakamme
nakamme
accusative
nom.
nakamme
nakamme
gen.
nakamme
genitive
nakamme
nakiemme nakaimme $^{rare}$
partitive
nakaamme
nakiamme
inessive
naassamme
naissamme
elative
naastamme
naistamme
illative
nakaamme
nakiimme
adessive
naallamme
naillamme
ablative
naaltamme
nailtamme
allative
naallemme
naillemme
essive
nakanamme
nakinamme
translative
naaksemme
naiksemme
abessive
naattamme
naittamme
instructive
comitative
—nakinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
nakanne
nakanne
accusative
nom.
nakanne
nakanne
gen.
nakanne
genitive
nakanne
nakienne nakainne $^{rare}$
partitive
nakaanne
nakianne
inessive
naassanne
naissanne
elative
naastanne
naistanne
illative
nakaanne
nakiinne
adessive
naallanne
naillanne
ablative
naaltanne
nailtanne
allative
naallenne
naillenne
essive
nakananne
nakinanne
translative
naaksenne
naiksenne
abessive
naattanne
naittanne
instructive
comitative
—nakinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
nakansa
nakansa
accusative
nom.
nakansa
nakansa
gen.
nakansa
genitive
nakansa
nakiensa nakainsa $^{rare}$
partitive
nakaansa
nakiaan nakiansa
inessive
naassaan naassansa
naissaan naissansa
elative
naastaan naastansa
naistaan naistansa
illative
nakaansa
nakiinsa
adessive
naallaan naallansa
naillaan naillansa
ablative
naaltaan naaltansa
nailtaan nailtansa
allative
naalleen naallensa
nailleen naillensa
essive
nakanaan nakanansa
nakinaan nakinansa
translative
naakseen naaksensa
naikseen naiksensa
abessive
naattaan naattansa
naittaan naittansa
instructive
comitative
—nakineen nakinensa :

#### Synonyms

* nakatappi, pohjatappi, pohjatulppa, tappi

## Hawaiian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈna.ka/, [ˈnɐ.kə]

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *ŋata (“snake”) (compare with Tongan ngata, Maori ngata (“slug”), Samoan gata); sense of cracking and peeling may have been a remaining extension of the etymon's original sense of snake from the description of its skin.

#### Noun

naka
* Thaumatodon nesophila, a kind of land snail

#### Verb

naka
* to crack, peel

### Etymology 2

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

#### Verb

naka
* to quiver, shake

### References

* ↑ Krupa, Viktor (2004) “The Bible in Polynesia: Bridging the Cultural Distance”, in Religio‎, volume 12, number 1, page 54
* ↑ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “gata.2”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
* ↑ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “gata.1b”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
* ↑ Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “naka”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, revised & enlarged edition, Honolulu, HI: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, page 259

## Ingrian
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *naka. Cognates include Finnish naka and Estonian naga.

### Pronunciation

* (Ala-Laukaa) IPA: /ˈnɑkɑ/, [ˈnɑkɑ]
* (Soikkola) IPA: /ˈnɑkɑ/, [ˈnɑɡ̊ɑ]
* Rhymes: -ɑkɑ
* Hyphenation: na‧ka

### Noun

naka
* spigot
* faucet, tap

#### Derived terms

* nakareikä

### References

* Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 332

## Jamamadí
### Adjective

naka
* (Banawá) sticky

### References

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

## Japanese
### Romanization

naka
* Rōmaji transcription of なか

## Malecite-Passamaquoddy
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈna.ka/, [ˈna˧˦.ɡa], [ˈnɡa]

### Conjunction

naka
* and; with

### References

* Passamaquoddy-Maliseet language portal
* LeSourd, Philip S. (1993) Accent and Syllable Structure in Passamaquoddy, New York: Garland Publishing

## Northern Kurdish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /nɑːˈkɑː/

### Adverb

naka (Arabic spelling ناکا)
* Alternative form of niha (“now”)

### References

* Chyet, Michael L. (2020) “naka”, in Ferhenga Birûskî: Kurmanji–English Dictionary (Language Series; 2), volume 2, London: Transnational Press, page 52

## Ometepec Nahuatl
### Noun

naka
* meat

## West Makian
### Etymology

From Malay nangka, likely through Ternate naka.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈn̪a.ka/

### Noun

naka
* jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus)

### References

* Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎, Pacific linguistics

## Wolof
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈnaka/
* Audio:(file)

### Adverb

naka
* (interrogative) how is, how are
    Naka nga tudd?What is your name?

#### Usage notes

This word functions as a phrase, so no verb is needed.

#### See also

* nan

## Xhosa
### Etymology

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

### Verb

-naka$^?$
* (transitive) to accuse falsely

#### Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

## Yanomamö
### Noun

naka
* vagina

### References

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

## Zulu
### Verb

-naka
* to notice, to take care of

#### Inflection
### References

* C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “naka”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “naka (6.3)”