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jakaa

Pronunciation: /ˈjɑkɑːˣ/

“jakaa” is a Finnish word. Its 10 meanings in English:

verb

  1. to divide, split into parts, cut up
  2. to divide, separate
  3. to divide
  4. to share, divide (give out in portions)
  5. to distribute, divide (deliver or pass out)
  6. to mete out, dispense
  7. to deal
  8. to share (send to someone else)
  9. to share, have or use in common
  10. to put out [with allative ‘to’] (consent to have sex, especially widely, implying promiscuity)

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *jakadak (compare Estonian jagama), from Proto-Uralic *jëk(k)a- ~ *jak(k)a- (compare Northern Sami juohkit, Erzya явомс (javoms), Udmurt люкыны (ľukyny) and possibly Tundra Nenets яхӑсь (yaxăsʹ°)).

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