Wiktionary

wakia

Old Frisian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *wakāną.

Verb

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wakia

  1. to wake

Inflection

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Conjugation of wakia (weak class 2)
infinitive wakia
indicative present past
1st person singular wakie wakade
2nd person singular wakast wakadest
3rd person singular wakath wakade
plural wakiath wakaden
subjunctive present past
singular wakie wakade
plural wakie, wakien wakade, wakaden
imperative present
singular waka
plural wakiath
participle present past
wakande ewakad, wakad

Descendants

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  • West Frisian: wekje

Swahili

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Swahili Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sw

Etymology

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    Borrowed from Arabic وِقِيَّة (wiqiyya).[1]

    Pronunciation

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    • Audio (Kenya):(file)

    Noun

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    wakia class IX (plural wakia class X)

    1. An ounce.
      Synonym: aunsi
    2. (obsolete) An old measure of weight, tied to the weight of a silver coin.

    See also

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    References

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    1. ^ Baldi, Sergio (30 November 2020), Dictionary of Arabic Loanwords in the Languages of Central and East Africa (Handbuch der Orientalistik; Erste Abteilung: Der Nahe und der Mittlere Osten; 145), Leiden • Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 309 Nr. 2976
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