Yakka

Yakka is a loan word from two different Australian Aboriginal languages, both now commonly used in broader Australian English vocabulary. The word may refer to:

* Hard work, from the Jagara people of Moreton Bay. It was spelled yakker or yacker until World War II [Peters, Pam, "The Cambridge Australian English Style Guide", Cambridge University Press, 1996, p823] . To engage in hard yakka is a common phrase in the Australian lexicon. One of Australia's most well-known brands of work clothing is called " [http://www.yakka.com.au Hard Yakka] "
* A grasstree, also spelled yacca or yacka, "Xanthorrhoea." Probably a loanword from a South Australian language such as Kaurna. It is often called "blackboy", although this term is becoming somewhat politically incorrect.
* The Yakka Skink, a small reptile native to Australia.
* There is also an Australian town, Yacka, South Australia, possibly named after the abundance of the Xanthorrhoea plant in the area.
* Yakka Punch, a drink made primarily with vodka and lemons, with claims of origin in Stellenbosch, South Africa