Definitions for wakas

wakas wa·ka

Spelling: [wah-kuh]
IPA: /ˈwɑ kə/

Wakas is a 5 letter English word.

You can make 31 anagrams from letters in wakas (aaksw).

Definitions for wakas

noun

  1. Prosody. tanka.
  2. poetry written in Japanese, as distinct from poetry written in Chinese by a Japanese writer, or poetry in other languages.

Origin of wakas

1875-80; Japanese: literally, Japanese song Middle Chinese, equivalent to Chinese hé harmony (as a euphemistic reading of the character for wō dwarf, an ancient Chinese designation for the Ja

Examples for wakas

waka Nené was given a pension of £100 a year, and ostentatiously honoured and consulted.

He felled the tree, and, lopping off the upper part, began the laborious work of dubbing out the waka.

waka went to Waolani and told Anuenue about Paliula's trouble.

waka Nené carried on the fighting on his own account, and in a skirmish with him Heké was badly wounded.

From Te waka's people he heard the account of the morning's work.

waka then took her from island to island until they were near Oahu.

waka watched over Paliula until she grew up, beautiful like the moon of Mahea-lani (full moon).

Four hundred soldiers, supported by as many Ngapuhi friendlies under waka Nené, marched against it.

Mo-o-inanea gave these trees to Iwa, who brought them to Hawaii and gave them to waka.

Arriving at the cave, he found there waka and Moo, two kahus of the shark god.

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