YAKKA


Meaning of YAKKA in English

/ ˈjækə; NAmE / noun

[ U ] ( AustralE , NZE , informal ) work, especially of a hard physical kind :

hard yakka

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WORD ORIGIN

from Yagara (an extinct Aboriginal language of Queensland) yaga to work.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.