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/yak"euh/, n. Australian.work, esp. hard work.[1885-90; earlier sp. yacker, yakker; of obscure orig.]
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Yakka — is a loan word from two different Australian Aboriginal languages, both now commonly used in broader Australian English vocabulary. The word may refer to:* Hard work, from the Jagara people of Moreton Bay. It was spelled yakker or yacker until… … Wikipedia
yakka — Work, strenuous labour. Also used as a verb meaning to work . The word is used especially in the phrasehard yakka. It comes from yaga meaning work in the Yagara indigenous language of the Brisbane region.Yakka found its way into nineteenth… … Australian idioms
yakka — /ˈjækə / (say yakuh) –noun 1. Colloquial work: *The old man come up the hard way but his kids ll always have plenty others to do the hard yakka. –mary durack, 1959. –verb (i) 2. Obsolete to work: to yakka in the paddock all day. Also, yacker,… …
yakka — 1. noun work 2. verb to work … Wiktionary
Yakka — (hard manual) work … Dictionary of Australian slang
yakka — Australian Slang (hard manual) work, an Aboriginal term … English dialects glossary
yakka — (yacka) n Australian work. The word is a native Aboriginal proper name … Contemporary slang
yakka — [ jakə] (also yacker) noun Austral./NZ informal work. Origin from Yagara (an Aborig. lang.) yaga to work … English new terms dictionary
yakka — yak·ka … English syllables
yakka — UK [ˈjækə] / US noun [uncountable] Australian informal work … English dictionary
