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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 2024


kaka

kaka

See also: kAkA, káka, kakā, kāka, käka, kaķa, and kākā

English

Alternative forms

Noun

kaka (plural kakas)

  1. Any of four taxa of birds in the genus Nestor in the parrot family confined to New Zealand and adjacent islands.

Synonyms

Derived terms

Translations


Basque

Noun

kaka

  1. excrement

Cebuano

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ka‧ka

Noun

kaka

  1. A spider.

Synonyms

Related terms


Chuukese

Adjective

kaka

  1. thirsty

Estonian

Noun

kaka (genitive kaka, partitive kakat)

  1. (somewhat childish) poo

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Synonyms


Finnish

Noun

kaka

  1. 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)

  1. (childish) excrement

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

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References


Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkʰaːka/ ()
  • Rhymes: -aːka

Noun

kaka f (genitive singular köku, nominative plural kökur)

  1. a cake
  2. a cookie
    Hver stal kökunni úr krúsinni í gær?
    Who stole the cookie from the cookie jar last night?

Declension

Derived terms


Latvian

Noun

kaka f (4th declension)

  1. poo (childish; unlike English words - strictly countable)

Declension


Lithuanian

Noun

kaka f

  1. poo (childish)

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkaka]

Determiner

kaka

  1. nominative feminine singular of kaki

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

kaka m, f

  1. definite feminine singular of kake

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

kaka f

  1. definite singular of kake

Old Norse

Noun

kaka f (genitive kǫku, plural kǫkur)

  1. cake

Declension

Descendants

  • Norwegian Bokmål: kake m, f
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kake f
  • Swedish: kaka c

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse kaka, from Proto-Germanic *kakǭ.

Noun

kaka f

  1. cake

Declension

Descendants


Portuguese

Interjection

kaka

  1. Alternative form of ka

Sranan Tongo

Noun

kaka

  1. cock, rooster

Swahili

Noun

kaka (n class, plural kaka)

  1. brother

Coordinate terms

  • dada (sister)

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

  1. (Discuss(+) this sense) cookie
  2. (small) cake

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)

  1. father

Declension


Wik-Mungkan

Noun

kaka

  1. excrement, faeces, ****

Synonyms