tsaka

• IPA^(key): /(t)sʼá.káː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [sʼə́.káː]

tsakā f (plural tsakā̀kē, possessed form tsakar̃)

1. a kind of gecko
2. (figuratively) someone who is unpopular

• IPA^(key): /(t)sʼá.kà/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [sʼə́.kə̀]

tsakà

1. in the middle, in the midst

• tsakà-tsakà

• tsàkānī
• tsakiyā̀

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /t͡saˈkaʔ/ [t͡sɐˈxaʔ]
• Rhymes: -aʔ
• Syllabification: tsa‧ka

tsakâ (Baybayin spelling ᜆ᜔ᜐᜃ)

1. alternative spelling of 'tsaka

From the phrase saksakan na pangit (“extremely ugly”, literally “crammed with ugly”), blended in swardspeak, or Filipino gay slang, with the name Chaka Khan, stage name of American pop singer Yvette Marie Stevens, who people back then regarded as socially unattractive.

• chaka — common
• chaca

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃaka/ [ˈt͡ʃaː.xɐ]
  • IPA^(key): (no palatal assimilation) /ˈtsaka/ [ˈt͡saː.xɐ]
• Rhymes: -aka
• Syllabification: tsa‧ka

tsaka (Baybayin spelling ᜆ᜔ᜐᜃ) (gay slang)

1. ugly

   Synonym: pangit

• Zorc, R. David; San Miguel, Rachel (1993), Tagalog Slang Dictionary, Manila: De La Salle University Press, →ISBN, page 29

• katsa, katas, kasat, takas

tsaka

1. to rejoice