wakala

• IPA^(key): /waˈkala/ [waˈka.la]
• Rhymes: -ala
• Syllabification: wa‧ka‧la

wakala

1. (colloquial, Peru, Paraguay) alternative form of guácala (ew, yuck)

• “¡wakala!”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010

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Borrowed from Arabic وِكالة (wikāla).

wakala class V (plural mawakala class VI)

1. an agency (business of one entrusted with the concerns of another)
2. an agent from an agency (one who acts in place of another)

wakala

1. form of -la (“to eat”): wa- (wa class_(II)subject concord) +‎ -ka- (consecutive) +‎ -la