yuka

See also: Yuka

English

Etymology 1

Noun

yuka (uncountable)

1. A secular Afro-Cuban musical tradition with drumming, singing and dancing, developed by Kongo slaves in colonial times.

Etymology 2

Noun

yuka (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of yuca (“cassava root”)

Anagrams

• kuya

Choctaw

Alternative forms

• hattak yuka

Noun

yuka

1. a slave
2. a prisoner
3. a captive

Japanese

Romanization

yuka

1. Rōmaji transcription of ゆか

Turkish

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *yubka (“thin”). Cognate to yufka where the original sense was partially preserved.

Adjective

yuka

1. (dialectal, Adana, Osmaniye, of water) shallow
2. (dialectal, Adana, Osmaniye) shallow, thin, opposite of thick in a vertical direction

Synonyms

• sığ
• ince

Antonyms

• derin

Wagaya

Noun

yuka

1. water

References

• Australian Languages: Classification and the Comparative Method (2004, →ISBN, edited by Claire Bowern, Harold James Koch

West Albay Bikol

Noun

yuka

1. (anatomy) armpit