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Kaka
Ka′ka
,Noun.
 [Maori 
kaka 
a parrot; – so named from its note.] (Zool.) 
A New Zealand parrot of the genus 
Nestor
, especially the brown parrot 
(Nestor meridionalis
). ☞ The 
mountain kaka
, or kea 
(Nestor notabilis
), is remarkable for having recently acquired carnivorous habits. It attacks and kills lambs and pigs, sometimes doing great damage. Night kaka
. (Zool.) 
The kakapo.
 Definition 2025
kaka
kaka
English
Alternative forms
Noun
kaka (plural kakas)
- Any of four taxa of birds in the genus Nestor in the parrot family confined to New Zealand and adjacent islands.
 
Synonyms
Derived terms
- Chatham Islands Kaka, Nestor sp. (extinct)
 - mountain kaka
 - night kaka
 - Norfolk Island Kaka, Nestor productus (extinct)
 - North Island Kaka, Nestor meridionalis septentrionalis
 - South Island Kaka, Nestor meridionalis meridionalis
 
Translations
Cebuano
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ka‧ka
 
Noun
kaka
- A spider.
 
Synonyms
- (a spider): damang, tambayawan
 
Related terms
Estonian
Noun
kaka (genitive kaka, partitive kakat)
Declension
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Synonyms
- ekskrement
 - fekaal
 - kaki
 - pask
 - roe
 - sitt
 - väljaheide
 
Finnish
Noun
kaka
- kaka (a parrot of the genus Nestor)
 
Declension
| Inflection of kaka (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | kaka | kakat | |
| genitive | kakan | kakojen | |
| partitive | kakaa | kakoja | |
| illative | kakaan | kakoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | kaka | kakat | |
| accusative | nom. | kaka | kakat | 
| gen. | kakan | ||
| genitive | kakan |  kakojen kakainrare  | 
|
| partitive | kakaa | kakoja | |
| inessive | kakassa | kakoissa | |
| elative | kakasta | kakoista | |
| illative | kakaan | kakoihin | |
| adessive | kakalla | kakoilla | |
| ablative | kakalta | kakoilta | |
| allative | kakalle | kakoille | |
| essive | kakana | kakoina | |
| translative | kakaksi | kakoiksi | |
| instructive | — | kakoin | |
| abessive | kakatta | kakoitta | |
| comitative | — | kakoineen | |
Usage notes
In addition to kakas, also kea belongs to genus Nestor.
Hyponyms
See also
- kakka (do not confuse with)
 
Hungarian
Etymology
Back-formation from kakál.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈkɒkɒ]
 - Hyphenation: ka‧ka
 
Noun
kaka (plural kakák)
Declension
| Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | kaka | kakák | 
| accusative | kakát | kakákat | 
| dative | kakának | kakáknak | 
| instrumental | kakával | kakákkal | 
| causal-final | kakáért | kakákért | 
| translative | kakává | kakákká | 
| terminative | kakáig | kakákig | 
| essive-formal | kakaként | kakákként | 
| essive-modal | — | — | 
| inessive | kakában | kakákban | 
| superessive | kakán | kakákon | 
| adessive | kakánál | kakáknál | 
| illative | kakába | kakákba | 
| sublative | kakára | kakákra | 
| allative | kakához | kakákhoz | 
| elative | kakából | kakákból | 
| delative | kakáról | kakákról | 
| ablative | kakától | kakáktól | 
| Possessive forms of kaka | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions | 
| 1st person sing. | kakám | kakáim | 
| 2nd person sing. | kakád | kakáid | 
| 3rd person sing. | kakája | kakái | 
| 1st person plural | kakánk | kakáink | 
| 2nd person plural | kakátok | kakáitok | 
| 3rd person plural | kakájuk | kakáik | 
Synonyms
- kaki (diminutive)
 
References
- Gábor Zaicz, Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete, Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, ISBN 963 7094 01 6
 
Icelandic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkʰaːka/ ()
 - Rhymes: -aːka
 
Noun
kaka f (genitive singular köku, nominative plural kökur)
- a cake
 -  a cookie
-  Hver stal kökunni úr krúsinni í gær?
- Who stole the cookie from the cookie jar last night?
 
 
 -  Hver stal kökunni úr krúsinni í gær?
 
Declension
declension of kaka
| f-w1 | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | kaka | kakan | kökur | kökurnar | 
| accusative | köku | kökuna | kökur | kökurnar | 
| dative | köku | kökunni | kökum | kökunum | 
| genitive | köku | kökunnar | kaka/kakna | kakanna/kaknanna | 
Derived terms
- eggjakaka
 - flatkaka
 - formkaka
 - kransakaka
 - legkaka
 - pönnukaka
 - rjómakaka
 - sandkaka
 - skara eld að sinni köku, skara eld að eigin köku
 - skúffukaka
 - smákaka
 - súkkulaðikaka
 
Latvian
Noun
kaka f (4th declension)
- poo (childish; unlike English words - strictly countable)
 
Declension
Declension of kaka (4th declension)
Old Norse
Noun
kaka f (genitive kǫku, plural kǫkur)
Declension
  Declension of kaka (weak ōn-stem)
| feminine | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | kaka | kakan | kǫkur | kǫkurnar | 
| accusative | kǫku | kǫkuna | kǫkur | kǫkanar | 
| dative | kǫku | kǫkunni | kǫkum | kǫkunum | 
| genitive | kǫku | kǫkunnar | kakna | kaknanna | 
Descendants
Old Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse kaka, from Proto-Germanic *kakǭ.
Noun
kaka f
Declension
Declension of kaka (on-stem)
Descendants
- Swedish: kaka
 
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish kaka, from Old Norse kaka, from Proto-Germanic *kakǭ (“cake”), from Proto-Indo-European *gog (“ball-shaped object”).
Pronunciation
Noun
kaka c
Declension
| Inflection of kaka | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | kaka | kakan | kakor | kakorna | 
| Genitive | kakas | kakans | kakors | kakornas | 
Derived terms
See also
Turkmen
Noun
kaka (definite accusative kakany, plural kakalar)
Declension
    declension of kaka