Yakka
Origin
From Yagara yaga (work).
Alternative forms
Noun
yakka
(uncountable)- (Australia) Work.
- 1986, Quadrant (magazine), Volume 30, page 42,The demand for work and abortion shows that feminists have been coopted by the wimps, whose ideal is the single mother yoked to tough yakka; for it frees them to drift between bedrooms and bathhouses.
- 2002, October 22, MPD, Drivetrain component upgrade, I have seen way too many cheap cranksets go to the pack after a small amount of x-country and minor technical yakka off-road.
Usage notes
Almost solely used in the term hard yakka.
Derived terms
Verb
yakka- (Australia) To work.