# kaka
## English
### Alternative forms

* kākā

### Etymology

Borrowed from Maori kākā.

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈkɑːkə/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɑːkə
* Homophone: carker

### 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

* Nestor

#### 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
## Amis
### Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *kaka.

### Noun

kaka
* elder brother
* elder sister

### References

* “Entry #”, in 阿美語中部方言辭典 [Dictionary of the Central Dialect of Amis]‎ (in Chinese), Taiwan: Council of Indigenous Peoples, 2021

## Basque
### Etymology

Likely borrowed from Spanish caca, but might be independently prehistoric from Proto-Basque.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kaka/ [ka.ka]
* Rhymes: -aka, -a
* Hyphenation: ka‧ka

### Noun

kaka inan
* excrement

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “kaka”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
* “kaka”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

## Brunei Malay
### Etymology

Cognate with Malay kakak.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kaka/
* Hyphenation: ka‧ka

### Noun

kaka
* older sister

## Cebuano
### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: ka‧ka

### Noun

kaka
* a spider; any of various eight-legged, predatory arthropods, of the order Araneae, most of which spin webs to catch prey
    Synonyms: damang, tambayawan
* tar; a solid residual byproduct of tobacco smoke

#### Related terms

* bahay
* tapaytapay

## Chuukese
### Adjective

kaka
* thirsty

## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed from English kaka, from Maori kākā.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

kaka m (plural kaka's, diminutive kakaatje n)
* kaka (Nestor meridionalis)

### Further reading

* kaka on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{nl}$

## Estonian
### Etymology

Cognate to Finnish kakka. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

### Noun

kaka (genitive kaka, partitive kakat)
* (somewhat childish) poo

#### Synonyms

* ekskrement
* fekaal
* kaki
* pask
* roe
* sitt
* väljaheide
* julk
* äka
* ess

### Further reading

* kaka in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)

## Finnish
### Etymology

From English kaka, from Maori kākā.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkɑkɑ/, [ˈkɑ̝kɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -ɑkɑ
* Hyphenation: ka‧ka

### Noun

kaka
* kaka (a parrot of the genus Nestor)

#### Usage notes

In addition to kakas, also kea belongs to genus Nestor.

#### Declension

Possessive forms of kaka (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
kakani
kakani
accusative
nom.
kakani
kakani
gen.
kakani
genitive
kakani
kakojeni kakaini $^{rare}$
partitive
kakaani
kakojani
inessive
kakassani
kakoissani
elative
kakastani
kakoistani
illative
kakaani
kakoihini
adessive
kakallani
kakoillani
ablative
kakaltani
kakoiltani
allative
kakalleni
kakoilleni
essive
kakanani
kakoinani
translative
kakakseni
kakoikseni
abessive
kakattani
kakoittani
instructive
comitative
—kakoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
kakasi
kakasi
accusative
nom.
kakasi
kakasi
gen.
kakasi
genitive
kakasi
kakojesi kakaisi $^{rare}$
partitive
kakaasi
kakojasi
inessive
kakassasi
kakoissasi
elative
kakastasi
kakoistasi
illative
kakaasi
kakoihisi
adessive
kakallasi
kakoillasi
ablative
kakaltasi
kakoiltasi
allative
kakallesi
kakoillesi
essive
kakanasi
kakoinasi
translative
kakaksesi
kakoiksesi
abessive
kakattasi
kakoittasi
instructive
comitative
—kakoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
kakamme
kakamme
accusative
nom.
kakamme
kakamme
gen.
kakamme
genitive
kakamme
kakojemme kakaimme $^{rare}$
partitive
kakaamme
kakojamme
inessive
kakassamme
kakoissamme
elative
kakastamme
kakoistamme
illative
kakaamme
kakoihimme
adessive
kakallamme
kakoillamme
ablative
kakaltamme
kakoiltamme
allative
kakallemme
kakoillemme
essive
kakanamme
kakoinamme
translative
kakaksemme
kakoiksemme
abessive
kakattamme
kakoittamme
instructive
comitative
—kakoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
kakanne
kakanne
accusative
nom.
kakanne
kakanne
gen.
kakanne
genitive
kakanne
kakojenne kakainne $^{rare}$
partitive
kakaanne
kakojanne
inessive
kakassanne
kakoissanne
elative
kakastanne
kakoistanne
illative
kakaanne
kakoihinne
adessive
kakallanne
kakoillanne
ablative
kakaltanne
kakoiltanne
allative
kakallenne
kakoillenne
essive
kakananne
kakoinanne
translative
kakaksenne
kakoiksenne
abessive
kakattanne
kakoittanne
instructive
comitative
—kakoinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
kakansa
kakansa
accusative
nom.
kakansa
kakansa
gen.
kakansa
genitive
kakansa
kakojensa kakainsa $^{rare}$
partitive
kakaansa
kakojaan kakojansa
inessive
kakassaan kakassansa
kakoissaan kakoissansa
elative
kakastaan kakastansa
kakoistaan kakoistansa
illative
kakaansa
kakoihinsa
adessive
kakallaan kakallansa
kakoillaan kakoillansa
ablative
kakaltaan kakaltansa
kakoiltaan kakoiltansa
allative
kakalleen kakallensa
kakoilleen kakoillensa
essive
kakanaan kakanansa
kakoinaan kakoinansa
translative
kakakseen kakaksensa
kakoikseen kakoiksensa
abessive
kakattaan kakattansa
kakoittaan kakoittansa
instructive
comitative
—kakoineen kakoinensa :

#### Hyponyms

* papukaija

#### See also

* kakka (do not confuse with)

### Anagrams

* akka

## Hausa
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kàː.káː/
** (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA: [kàː.káː]

### Etymology 1

An areal word; compare Kanuri kàgá.

#### Noun

kā̀kā m or f (plural kā̀kànnī, possessed form kā̀kan)
* grandfather, grandmother

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

kā̀kā f (possessed form kā̀kar̃)
* harvest season

## Hawaiian
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈka.ka/, [ˈkɐ.kə]

### Verb

kaka
* to rinse

## Hungarian
### Etymology

Back-formation from kakál.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈkɒkɒ]
* Hyphenation: ka‧ka
* Rhymes: -kɒ

### Noun

kaka (plural kakák)
* (childish) excrement
    Synonym: (diminutive) kaki

#### Declension
### References

* kaka in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)

### Further reading

* kaka in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

## Icelandic
### Etymology

From Old Norse kaka.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkʰaːka/
* Audio:(file)
* 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?

#### Derived terms

* eggjakaka
* flatkaka
* formkaka
* kransakaka
* legkaka
* pönnukaka
* rjómakaka
* sandkaka
* skara eld að sinni köku, skara eld að eigin köku
* skúffukaka
* smákaka
* súkkulaðikaka

## Jamamadí
### Noun

kaka
* (Banawá) toucan

### References

* 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

## Japanese
### Romanization

kaka
* Rōmaji transcription of かか

## Javanese
### Romanization

kaka
* Romanization of ꦏꦏ

## Kapampangan
### Alternative forms

* caca (Súlat Bacúlud, Ámung Sámson)

### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kaka (“elder sibling of the same sex”), from Proto-Austronesian *kaka (“elder sibling”). Compare Tagalog kaka.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkakəʔ/ [ˈkäː.xəʔ]
* Hyphenation: ka‧ka

### Noun

kákâ
* older brother

#### References

* Michael L. Forman (2019) Kapampangan Dictionary‎, University of Hawaii Press, →ISBN, archived from the original on 29 June 2021, page 51

## Krio
### Etymology

Various sources. Compare Portuguese, Spanish, French, and Jamaican Creole caca (“feces”) and Mende ka (“waste matter”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kà.ká/

### Noun

kàká
* feces
    Synonym: shit

### References

* ↑ Fyle, Clifford N., Jones, Eldred D. (1980) A Krio-English dictionary, USA: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 161

## Latvian
### Noun

kaka f (4th declension)
* (childish) poo

#### Usage notes

Unlike in English, this word is strictly countable.

#### Declension
## Lithuanian
### Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *kākā, from Proto-Indo-European *kakka-.

### Noun

kaka f
* poo (childish)

## Lower Sorbian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkaka/

### Determiner

kaka
* nominative feminine singular of kaki

## Makasar
### Alternative forms

* kakaʼ

### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-South Sulawesi *kaka (“older brother”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kaka (“elder sibling of the same sex”), from Proto-Austronesian *kaka (“elder sibling”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkaka/, [ˈkʰa.kʰa]
* Hyphenation: ka‧ka

### Noun

kaka (Lontara spelling ᨀᨀ)
* elder sibling
* term of address sometimes used by a woman for her husband
* elder, among peers (both for family members and non-family members)
* used to indicate something that is better, more beautiful, etc. in comparison to something else; that which is being compared is then referred to as andiʼ.

### See also

* daeng

#### Affixations

* akkaka

### Further reading

* Cense, A. A. (1979) Makassaars-Nederlands woordenboek, 's-Gravenhage: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

## Mauritian Creole
### Etymology

From French caca.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kaka/

### Noun

kaka
* poo, excrement
    Synonyms: bezwin, exkreman, tata

### Verb

kaka (medial form kaka)
* to poo, defecate

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Alternative forms

* kaken

### Noun

kaka m or f
* definite feminine singular of kake

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Noun

kaka f
* definite singular of kake

## Old Norse
### Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kakǭ.

### Noun

kaka f (genitive kǫku, plural kǫkur)
* cake

#### Descendants

* Icelandic: kaka
* Faroese: køka, kaka
* Norwegian Nynorsk: kake
* Old Swedish: kaka
** Swedish: kaka
* Old Danish: kakæ
** Danish: kage
*** → Greenlandic: kaagi
*** Norwegian Bokmål: kake
* Scanian: kâga
* Gutnish: kake
* → Middle English: cake, kake, caake, cayk
** English: cake (see there for further descendants)
** Geordie English: kyek
** Scots: cake, cyaak, kyaak
** Yola: caake, kaake
** → Irish: cáca

## Old Swedish
### Etymology

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

### Noun

kaka f
* cake

#### Descendants

* Swedish: kaka

### References

* kaka in Knut Fredrik Söderwall, Ordbok öfver svenska medeltids-språket, del 1: A-L

## Phuthi
### Etymology

From Afrikaans kak.

### Verb

-káka
* to defecate

#### Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈka.ka/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -aka
* Syllabification: ka‧ka

### Verb

kaka
* third-person singular present of kakać

## Portuguese
### Interjection

kaka
* Alternative form of ka

## Quechua
### Noun

kaka
* maternal uncle
* father-in-law of a man

#### See also

* aqu
* kisma
* kiwach
* kiwachi

## Sakizaya
### Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *kaka.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ka.ˈka/, [ka.ˈka]

### Noun

kaka
* elder sibling

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kaka

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kǎːka/
* Hyphenation: ka‧ka

### Noun

káka f (Cyrillic spelling ка́ка)
* (uncountable, informal, often childish) poo, poop (feces)

#### Declension
## Sotho
### Etymology

Borrowed from Afrikaans kak.

### Verb

kaka
* to excrete, to defecate
    Synonym: nya

## Sranan Tongo
### Etymology 1

From English cock.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkaka/, [ˈka̠ka̠], [ˈkɑ̟kɑ̟]

#### Noun

kaka
* cock, rooster
    Synonym: kakafowru

##### Derived terms

* kakafowru

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Portuguese caca.

#### Alternative forms

* k'ka, kka

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kːa/, [ˈkːa̠], [ˈkːɑ̟]

#### Noun

kaka
* shit, crap

##### Derived terms

* kaka-olo

## Swahili
### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Noun

kaka class IX (plural kaka class X)
* brother

#### Coordinate terms

* dada (“sister”)

#### Derived terms

* kaka mkwe (“brother-in-law”)
* kaka wa kambo (“stepbrother”)

## Swazi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Afrikaans kak.

### Verb

-káka
* to defecate

#### Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

## Swedish
### Etymology

From Old Swedish kaka, from Old Norse kaka, from Proto-Germanic *kakǭ (“cake”), from Proto-Indo-European *gog- (“ball-shaped object”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkɑ̂ːka/, [kɑː˧˩ka˥˩]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

kaka c
* a cookie
    Jag vill ha en kakaI want a cookie
* a (small, sweetened) cake
    sockerkakasponge cake
* an (unsweetened) cake
    tekakateacake
* (computing) a cookie

#### Derived terms

* kaka på kaka
* kaka söker maka
* pepparkaka
* småkaka (usually hard or crunchy)
* sockerkaka
* tekaka

### See also

* bakelse
* tårta

### References

* kaka in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* kaka in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* kaka in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

## Tagalog
### Alternative forms

* caca — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kaka (“elder sibling of the same sex”), from Proto-Austronesian *kaka (“elder sibling”). Compare Malay kakak.

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog)
** IPA: /kaˈkaʔ/ [kɐˈxaʔ] (“elder sibling”, noun)
*** Rhymes: -aʔ
** IPA: /ˈkaka/ [ˈkaː.xɐ] (“uncle, aunt (term of address)”, noun)
*** Rhymes: -aka
* Syllabification: ka‧ka

#### Noun

kakâ (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜃ)
* elder sibling
    Synonym: (obsolete) kautod
* (by extension, obsolete) someone older in age (even if not siblings)
    Synonym: mas matanda
    Alin ang kaka dito sa dalwa?Which of the two is the older one?

##### Derived terms

* kakanggata

#### Noun

kaka (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜃ)
* respectful term of address for an uncle or aunt older than one's parent

##### Derived terms

* Ka
* kakang

##### See also

* ate
* ka-
* kuya
* manang
* manong

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /kaˈkaʔ/ [kɐˈxaʔ]
* Rhymes: -aʔ
* Syllabification: ka‧ka

#### Noun

kakâ (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜃ) (obsolete)
* name of the Baybayin letter ᜃ, corresponding to "ka"

#### See also

* ka

### Further reading

* “kaka”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
* Serrano-Laktaw, Pedro (1914) Diccionario tagálog-hispano, Ateneo de Manila, page 424.
* San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎, La Noble Villa de Pila
** page 128: “C) Caca (pc) anſi llamã eſtos [a nueſtra]. C .|. cacayaon .|. ᜃ . [yndi baba] at caca ang mayſuſulat diyan, no . b . ſino . C . es la [q̃ ſe a de poner] ay, Pronuncian la y [eſcriuen la] como ſuena . C . ſaluo ſi alatal . C . [ſe le a de ſeguir] .|. que entonces la pronunciã como .q. y en letra caſtellana ſe eſcriue con . cqi . como, cqipot, ycqina, cqinig, [y otros] los quales ſi ſe eſcriuieſen ſin .q. dirian, icina, cipot, cinig, y realmente ſon de la letra .c. [y con] .cq. ſe ande eſcriuir, y no de otra manera. C. en eſta letra la, ci, ce, ſuenan con cedilla aun que no la tengan, mas en la, ca, co, cu, ſino tienen cedilla, no ſuenan [con ella], y por no auer en la impreſion .C. gran de con cedilla, la pongo toda en la .Z. como, Zabullir, Zerçenar, Zierto, Zoçorbar, Zumo. Noteſe.”
** page 350: “Hermano) Caca [(pc)] mayor de todos”
** page 409: “Mayor) Caca [(pc)] [en edad]”
** page 575: “Tio) Caca [(pc)] hermano mayor de ſu padre q̃ como el hermano le llama caca tambien el ſobrino.”
* Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*kaka₂”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

## Turkish
### Etymology

Possibly related to Proto-Indo-European *kakka- (“to defecate”).

### Pronunciation

IPA: /kaka/, [kʰaka]

### Noun

kaka (definite accusative kakayı, plural kakalar)
* poop

#### Declension
### Further reading

* Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “kaka”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

## Turkmen
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [kaːka]
* IPA: [qaːqa]

### Noun

kāka (definite accusative kākany, plural kākalar)
* (Teke) father
* (Yomut) paternal grandfather

#### Declension
## Uneapa
### Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Oceanic *kaka (“elder sibling, older sibling”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kaka, from Proto-Austronesian *kaka, though the etymology suffers from semantic problems. Compare also Muduapa kaka (“person”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kaka/

### Noun

kaka
* baby

### Further reading

* Terry Crowley et al, The Oceanic Languages (2013), page 368

## Wik-Mungkan
### Noun

kaka
* excrement, faeces, shit

#### Synonyms

* kun

## Yami
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kaka, from Proto-Austronesian *kaka; cognate with Malay kakak.

### Noun

kaka
* older sibling

## Yoruba
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kà.kà/

### Preposition

kàkà
* rather than, instead of
    Synonyms: kànràn, dípò
    kàkà kí eku máà jẹ sèsé, a fi ṣe àwàdànù ― Rather than have a rat not eat beans, it will spill them away (proverb on bad consequences)

#### Usage notes

* Always followed by kí

## Yosondúa Mixtec
### Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Verb

kaka (present jika)
* go, walk

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Mixtec *kákà.

#### Noun

kaka
* quicklime

### References

* Beaty de Farris, Kathryn, et al. (2012) Diccionario básico del mixteco de Yosondúa, Oaxaca (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 46)‎ (in Spanish), third edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., pages 23–24

## Zia
### Adjective

kaka
* small