wakala

== Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /waˈkala/ [waˈka.la] Rhymes: -ala Syllabification: wa‧ka‧la === Interjection === wakala (colloquial, Peru, Paraguay) alternative form of guácala (ew, yuck) === Further reading === “¡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 == Swahili == === Pronunciation === === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Arabic وِكالة (wikāla). ==== Noun ==== wakala class V (plural mawakala class VI) an agency (business of one entrusted with the concerns of another) an agent from an agency (one who acts in place of another) === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== wakala form of -la (“to eat”): wa- (wa class(II)subject concord) +‎ -ka- (consecutive) +‎ -la