Meanings
shuka1
plural shukas
- A sash (decorative length of cloth) worn in parts of Africa.
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I don't know when the change to un-greased shukas took place, but images of Maasai in the 50s show some wearing loose, ungreased shukas—maybe earlier than that. Even now, some are greased and others not. “Cotton” shukas were worn up until the mid‐90s when the manufacturers switched to a woolly textured synthetic—probably acrylic.
2020, Donna Pido, quotee, edited by Jennifer Harris, A Companion to Textile Culture, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 155
Shuka2
- HinduismThe son of the sage Vyasa (credited as the organizer of the Vedas and Puranas) and the main narrator of the Bhagavata Purana.
Origin
shuka · noun
- Swahilishuka
- Englishshuka
From Swahili shuka.
More words from Swahili
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- Sanskritशुक“parrot”
- EnglishShuka
From Sanskrit शुक (śuka, “parrot”).
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Cite this entry
shuka. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shuka
“shuka.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shuka. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “shuka,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shuka.
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