frequently used in Queensland bush-towns.«You yacka wood? Mine, give 'im tixpence;» – – a sentence oftenuttered by housewives. It is given by the Rev. W. Ridley, inhis `Kamilaroi, and other Australian Languages,' p. 86, as theTurrubul (Brisbane) term for work, probably cognate with yugari, make, same dialect, and yengga, make,Kabi dialect, Queensland. It is used primarily for doingwork of any kind, and only by English modification (due to «hack» ) for cut. The spelling yacker is to beavoided, as the final r is not heard in the nativepronunciation.