saka

Likely borrowed from Khmer ស្ករ (skɑɑ, “sugar”).

• IPA^(key): /saka/

saka

1. sugar

• IPA^(key): /sakə/
• Hyphenation: sa‧ka

Borrowed from Old Javanese saka (“post, pillar”), from Sanskrit शाखा (śākhā, “a door-post”, literally “branch”).

saka (Balinese script ᬲᬓ)

1. pillar

Borrowed from Old Javanese saka (“each, from, than”).

saka (Balinese script ᬲᬓ)

1. each

Borrowed from Old Javanese śāka, śaka (“Shaka year”), from Sanskrit शक (śaka).

saka (Balinese script ᬰᬓ)

1. Shaka year

From Sanskrit शाखा (śākhā, “branch”).

saka (Balinese script ᬰᬵᬓᬵ)

1. branch

• “saka” in Balinese–Indonesian Dictionary [Kamus Bahasa Bali–Indonesia], Denpasar, Indonesia: The Linguistic Center of Bali Province [Balai Bahasa Provinsi Bali].

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *saká (“and, also”).

• IPA^(key): /saˈka/ [saˈka]
• Hyphenation: sa‧ka

saká (Basahan spelling ᜐᜃ)

1. (Naga) and

   Synonyms: asin, buda, at, sagkod, nan, pagkan

saká (Basahan spelling ᜐᜃ)

1. (Naga) so what?

   Synonym: ano kaiyan

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *sáka (“leg of a fowl”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈsaka/ [ˈsa.ka]
• Hyphenation: sa‧ka

sáka (Basahan spelling ᜐᜃ)

1. (rare) cockspur

   Synonym: bulang

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *saka. Compare Aklanon saka'.

• IPA^(key): /saˈka/ [s̪ɐˈka]
• Hyphenation: sa‧ka

saká (Badlit spelling ᜐᜃ)

1. to climb

   Synonym: katkat

• IPA^(key): /ˈsaka/
• Rhymes: -aka
• Hyphenation: sa‧ka

saka (accusative singular sakan, plural sakaj, accusative plural sakajn)

1. baglike

• sako

saka

1. indefinite genitive plural of sak

From Persian ساکا (sâkâ).

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɑkɑ/, [ˈs̠ɑ̝kɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑkɑ
• Syllabification^(key): sa‧ka
• Hyphenation^(key): sa‧ka

saka

1. Saka (person)
2. Saka (language)

• kasa

Related to sakao (“above, on top”)

saka

1. upland, upper place

• IPA^(key): /ˈsaːka/
• Rhymes: -aːka

From Old Norse saka, from Proto-Germanic *sakaną.

saka (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative sakaði, supine sakað)

1. to accuse [with accusative]

   Synonyms: ásaka, ákæra, klaga, kæra

   saka einhvern um eitthvað

   accuse someone of something.

2. (impersonal) to hurt, to injure, to damage

saka

1. indefinite genitive plural of sök

• aska

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈsaka/ [ˈsa.ka]
• Rhymes: -aka
• Syllabification: sa‧ka

Inherited from Malay saka, from Pali saka (“name of a tree (Tectona grandis)”), from Sanskrit शाखा (śākhā, “branch, door post”).

saka (plural saka-saka)

1. house pole

• soko

saka (plural saka-saka)

1. (clipping) alternative spelling of pusaka (“heirloom, inheritance”)

• soko

From Minangkabau [Term?], probably from Sanskrit सखा (sakhā), सखि (sakhi, “friend, assistant, brother-in-law”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sákʰā, from Proto-Indo-European *sokʷH- (“friend, companion”), from *sekʷ- (“follow”). Doublet of saki.

saka (plural saka-saka)

1. maternal family
2. the customary rank of the people who are hereditary

From Minangkabau [Term?], from Persian شکر (šakar), from Sanskrit शर्कर (śárkarā), from Proto-Indo-Iranian, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱorkeh₂. Doublet of sakar (“sugar”).

saka (plural saka-saka)

1. cane sugar

   Hypernym: gula

saka (plural saka-saka)

1. (scouting) syllabic abbreviation of satuan karya pramuka

Borrowed from Kamang [Term?]

saka (plural saka-saka)

1. dry coconut leaves

Borrowed from Ngaju [Term?]

saka (plural saka-saka)

1. (dialect) affluent, rivulet, tributary

   Synonym: anak sungai

Borrowed from Tolaki [Term?]

saka (plural saka-saka)

1. (dialect) fist competition

• “saka” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

saka

1. (Banawá) to jab, pierce

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

saka

1. Rōmaji transcription of さか

saka

1. romanization of ꦱꦏ

Compare Tagalog saka.

• IPA^(key): /səˈka/ [səˈxä]
• Hyphenation: sa‧ka

saka

1. and

   Synonyms: at, atsaka, ampo

   Mayilig kung manyeseng asu saka pusa saka ayup.

   I love taking care of animals like dogs and cats and birds.

saka

1. then; and then; afterwards

   Synonyms: kaibat, kayari, kanita

2. besides; moreover

   Synonym: maliban king

3. at another time

   Synonyms: saka na, tutuki na

4. such as, and so on; or something

   Synonyms: ampo pa, nanu pa

saka

1. to get on
2. gone up
3. climb up

saka

1. third-person singular/plural present indicative of sacīt
2. (with the particle lai) third-person singular imperative of sacīt
3. (with the particle lai) third-person plural imperative of sacīt

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

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saka

1. cat, Felis silvestris catus

   Synonym: piso

Akin to Aklanon saka'.

saka

1. to climb

• saken

saka m or f

1. definite feminine singular of sak

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɑːkɑ/

saka f

1. definite singular of sak

From Old Norse sakaðr.

• IPA^(key): /²sɑːkɑ/

saka (singular and plural saka, comparative meir saka, superlative mest saka)

1. (archaic) guilty

• skuldig

• saklaus

• “saka” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• IPA^(key): /sa.ka/
• Rhymes: -ka
• Homophones: sakhā, śaka, śāka, śākhā
• Hyphenation: sa‧ka

Borrowed from Sanskrit शाखा (śākhā, “a door-post”, literally “branch”).

saka

1. post (pillar)

• Javanese: ꦱꦏ (saka, “pillar”)
• → Balinese: ᬲᬓ (saka, “post, pillar, column”)

Compare Proto-Philippine *saká (“and, also”).

saka

1. from
2. than

• Javanese: ꦱꦏ (saka, “from, than”)

saka

1. each

• → Balinese: ᬲᬓ (saka, “each”)

• "saka" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

From Proto-Germanic *sakōną.

saka (singular past indicative sakaða, plural past indicative sǫkuðu, past participle sakaðr)

1. to do harm, to scathe
   1. (impersonal, with accusative)

      hvat sem at var gǫrt, sakaði hann ekki

      no matter what they did, no harm came to him.

2. to blame, find fault with

• saka sik um (“to blame oneself for”)
• sakaðr
• sakna

• sǿkja
• sǫk

• Icelandic: saka
• Norwegian:

  Norwegian Bokmål: sake

  Norwegian Nynorsk: saka, sake

• Richard Cleasby, Guðbrandur Vigfússon (1874) “saka”, in An Icelandic-English Dictionary, 1st edition, Oxford: Oxford Clarendon Press, page 509
• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “saka”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

saka

1. genitive plural of sǫk

saka

1. zacate, grass

saka

1. one's own

Extracted from Pali sakkoti and sakkati.

saka ?

1. The Pali roots sak and sakk.
   • c. 500 AD, Dhatumañjusa; republished in Dines Andersen & Helmer Smith, The Pāli Dhātupāṭha and the Dhātumañjūsā, Copenhagen: Andr. Fred. Host & son, 1921, page 46:

     121. Su savane saka sattimhi
     khi khayamhi gi saddane
     apa sambhu ca pāpuṇane
     hi gatimhi vu saṃvare.

     121. Su for listening, sak for strength, / khī for dimunition, ge for sound / ap for progeny and attainment / hi for gone, var for restraint.

Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “saka”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead

From Portuguese sacar and Spanish sacar.

saka

1. to vomit

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-saka (infinitive kusaka)

1. to chase, to hunt down, to track down, to search for

Conjugation of -saka
Positive present -nasaka Subjunctive -sake Negative -saki Imperative singular saka
Infinitives
Positive kusaka Negative kutosaka
Imperatives
Singular saka Plural sakeni
Tensed forms
Habitual husaka Positive past positive subject concord + -lisaka Negative past negative subject concord + -kusaka
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nasaka) Singular Plural 1st person ninasaka/nasaka tunasaka 2nd person unasaka mnasaka 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anasaka wanasaka other classes positive subject concord + -nasaka
Negative present (negative subject concord + -saki) Singular Plural 1st person sisaki hatusaki 2nd person husaki hamsaki 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hasaki hawasaki other classes negative subject concord + -saki
Positive future positive subject concord + -tasaka Negative future negative subject concord + -tasaka
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -sake) Singular Plural 1st person nisake tusake 2nd person usake msake 3rd person m-wa(I/II) asake wasake other classes positive subject concord + -sake
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sisake Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngesaka Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singesaka Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalisaka Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalisaka
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -asaka) Singular Plural 1st person nasaka twasaka 2nd person wasaka mwasaka 3rd person m-wa(I/II) asaka wasaka m-mi(III/IV) wasaka yasaka ji-ma(V/VI) lasaka yasaka ki-vi(VII/VIII) chasaka vyasaka n(IX/X) yasaka zasaka u(XI) wasaka see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwasaka pa(XVI) pasaka mu(XVIII) mwasaka
Perfect positive subject concord + -mesaka "Already" positive subject concord + -meshasaka "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jasaka "If/When" positive subject concord + -kisaka "If not" positive subject concord + -siposaka Consecutive kasaka / positive subject concord + -kasaka Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kasake
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nisaka -tusaka 2nd person -kusaka -wasaka/-kusakeni/-wasakeni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -msaka -wasaka m-mi(III/IV) -usaka -isaka ji-ma(V/VI) -lisaka -yasaka ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kisaka -visaka n(IX/X) -isaka -zisaka u(XI) -usaka see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kusaka pa(XVI) -pasaka mu(XVIII) -musaka Reflexive -jisaka
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -saka- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -sakaye -sakao m-mi(III/IV) -sakao -sakayo ji-ma(V/VI) -sakalo -sakayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -sakacho -sakavyo n(IX/X) -sakayo -sakazo u(XI) -sakao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -sakako pa(XVI) -sakapo mu(XVIII) -sakamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -saka) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yesaka -osaka m-mi(III/IV) -osaka -yosaka ji-ma(V/VI) -losaka -yosaka ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chosaka -vyosaka n(IX/X) -yosaka -zosaka u(XI) -osaka see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kosaka pa(XVI) -posaka mu(XVIII) -mosaka
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

• Nominal derivations:
  • msako (“chase, hunt, search”)

saka (present sakar, preterite sakade, supine sakat, imperative saka)

1. (card games) to play an arbitrary (useless) card instead of one in the correct suit, when one is obliged but unable to follow suit

• aska, kasa

• saca — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /saˈkaʔ/ [sɐˈxaʔ]
• Rhymes: -aʔ
• Syllabification: sa‧ka

sakâ (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜃ)

1. and

   Synonyms: at, at saka, 'tsaka

sakâ (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜃ)

1. then; and then; afterwards
2. besides; moreover

   Synonym: bukod sa

3. at another time

   Synonym: saka na

Uncertain. Possibly from the following:

• From Sanskrit शाक (śāka, “vegetable; herb”), according to Potet (2016). Compare Malagasy saha (“garden; orchard”).
• Borrowed from Spanish saca (“removal; extraction; dig out”).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈsaka/ [ˈsaː.xɐ]
• Rhymes: -aka
• Syllabification: sa‧ka

saka (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜃ)

1. farming; cultivation of a piece of land

   Synonyms: pagsasaka, agrikultura, pagbubukid, paglilinang

2. farmland

   Synonyms: linang, taniman

Borrowed from Spanish sacar.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /saˈka/ [sɐˈxa]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: sa‧ka

saká (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜃ)

1. copying; tracing (of a drawing, figure, or design)

   Synonyms: kopya, pagkopya

2. acquisition of goods by consignment
3. importation (of goods)

   Synonyms: angkat, pag-angkat

• “saka”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016) Tagalog Borrowings and Cognates, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 294

• kasa, saak

• IPA^(key): /ˈsa.ka/

saka

1. (transitive) to thrust

• IPA^(key): /ˈsa.ka/

saka

1. (stative) to be almost bearing fruit

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish سقا قوشی (saka kuşu).

• IPA^(key): [saka]

saka (definite accusative sakayı, plural sakalar)

1. European goldfinch, Eurasian goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sakay, compare Tetum sa'e.

saka

1. to ascend, to go up