noun
Meaning 1
Work.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
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Standard Lemma guide
yakka
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noun
Meaning 2
a Sikh living in the Sikh diaspora, especially one from the West
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: India, North, South-Asia, derogatory, slang, sometimes
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Antonyms: dipper
verb
Meaning 3
To work.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia
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History
Etymology
From Yagara yaga (“work”).
From Punjabi ਯੱਕਾ (yakkā), usually referring to an ace (a type of playing card) or a horse-drawn cart, but can also be translated into the English expletive fuck. However, the slang usage of the term is said to be a corruption of Yankee.