yuka

== English == === Etymology 1 === ==== Noun ==== yuka (uncountable) A secular Afro-Cuban musical tradition with drumming, singing and dancing, developed by Kongo slaves in colonial times. === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== yuka (uncountable) Alternative form of yuca (“cassava root”). === Anagrams === kuya == Choctaw == === Etymology === Cognate with Chickasaw yuka. Compare also Alabama okbah (“blocked, closed”, root). === Verb === yuka To be imprisoned, to be enslaved, to be captured. ==== Derived terms ==== yuka kiyo yukachi === Noun === yuka A slave, a prisoner, a captive. Synonym: hattak yuka === References === “yuka”, in The Choctaw Dictionary, Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma == Japanese == === Romanization === yuka Rōmaji transcription of ゆか == Turkish == === Etymology === From Proto-Turkic *yubka (“thin”). Cognate to yufka where the original sense was partially preserved. === Adjective === yuka (dialectal, Adana, Osmaniye, of water) shallow (dialectal, Adana, Osmaniye) shallow, thin, opposite of thick in a vertical direction ==== Synonyms ==== sığ ince ==== Antonyms ==== derin == Wagaya == === Noun === yuka water === References === Australian Languages: Classification and the Comparative Method (2004, →ISBN, edited by Claire Bowern, Harold James Koch == West Miraya Bikol == === Noun === yuka (anatomy) armpit