Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

yakka

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.43 in modern English

Syllables: yak-ka
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Australian usage; Uncountable

verb

To work.

Australian usage

noun

a Sikh living in the Sikh diaspora, especially one from the West

Indian usage; Derogatory; Slang

Example Sentences

"The demand for work and abortion shows that feminists have been coopted by the wimps, whose ideal is the single mother yoked to tough yakka; for it frees them to drift between bedrooms and bathhouses."
"The slaves who do all the yakka could be another species, small and easily bullied. Failing that, enslaved humans will do."
"I have seen way too many cheap cranksets go to the pack after a small amount of x-country and minor technical yakka off-road."

Etymology

From Yagara yaga (“work”).

Word Breakdown

Root: yaga, ਯੱਕਾ

Usage

Inflected Forms

yakker (alternative) yakkas (plural) yakke (plural)

Phrases

hard yakka

Antonyms

dipper

Questions

What does yakka mean?: Work.
Where does yakka come from?: From Yagara yaga (“work”).

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