different between kaka vs haka

English

Alternative forms

• k?k?

Etymology

Borrowed from Maori k?k?.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k??k?/
• Homophone: carker

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

• 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

1. elder brother
2. elder sister

References

• 2017, Dictionary of the Central Dialect of Amis (?????????) (in Mandarin Chinese), Taiwan: Council of Indigenous Peoples.

Basque

Etymology

From Spanish caca or from Proto-Basque *kaka.

Noun

kaka inan

1. excrement

Declension

Further reading

• “kaka” in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia, euskaltzaindia.eus
• “kaka” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia, euskaltzaindia.eus

Brunei Malay

Etymology

Cognate with Malay kakak.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaka/
• Hyphenation: ka?ka

Noun

kaka

1. older sister

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ka?ka

Noun

kaka

1. a spider; any of various eight-legged, predatory arthropods, of the order Araneae, most of which spin webs to catch prey
2. tar; a solid residual byproduct of tobacco smoke

Synonyms

• (a spider): damang, tambayawan

Related terms

• bahay
• tapaytapay

Chuukese

Adjective

kaka

1. thirsty

Estonian

Etymology

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

Noun

kaka (genitive kaka, partitive kakat)

1. (somewhat childish) poo

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Synonyms

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

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?k?/, [?k?k?]
• Rhymes: -?k?
• Syllabification: ka?ka

Noun

kaka

1. kaka (a parrot of the genus Nestor)

Usage notes

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

Declension

Hyponyms

• papukaija

See also

• kakka (do not confuse with)

Anagrams

• akka

Hausa

Etymology 1

An areal word; compare Kanuri kàgá.

Noun

k??k? m or f (plural k??kànn?, possessed form k??kan)

1. grandfather, grandmother

Etymology 2

Noun

k??k? f (possessed form k??kar?)

1. harvest season

Hungarian

Etymology

Back-formation from kakál.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?k?k?]
• Hyphenation: ka?ka
• Rhymes: -k?

Noun

kaka (plural kakák)

1. (childish) excrement

Declension

Synonyms

• kaki (diminutive)

References

• Zaicz, Gábor. 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 second, revised, expanded edition published in 2021: ?ISBN)

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?a?ka/ ()
• Rhymes: -a?ka

Noun

kaka f (genitive singular köku, nominative plural kökur)

1. a cake
2. a cookie

Declension

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

1. (Banawá) toucan

References

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

Japanese

Romanization

kaka

1. R?maji transcription of ??

Krio

Etymology

From Portuguese caca.

Noun

kaka

1. feces

See also

• shit

Latvian

Noun

kaka f (4th declension)

1. poo (childish)

Usage notes

Unlike in English, this word is strictly countable.

Declension

Lithuanian

Noun

kaka f

1. poo (childish)

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kaka/

Determiner

kaka

1. nominative feminine singular of kaki

Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From French caca.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaka/

Noun

kaka

1. poo, excrement

   Synonyms: bezwin, exkreman, tata

Verb

kaka (medial form kaka)

1. to poo, defecate

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• kaken

Noun

kaka m or f

1. definite feminine singular of kake

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

kaka f

1. definite singular of kake

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kak?.

Noun

kaka f (genitive k?ku, plural k?kur)

1. cake

Declension

Descendants

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse kaka, from Proto-Germanic *kak?.

Noun

kaka f

1. cake

Declension

Descendants

• Swedish: kaka

Phuthi

Etymology

From Afrikaans kak.

Verb

-káka

1. to defecate

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Portuguese

Interjection

kaka

1. Alternative form of ka

Quechua

Noun

kaka

1. maternal uncle
2. father-in-law of a man

Declension

See also

• aqu
• kisma
• kiwach
• kiwachi

Sakizaya

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *kaka.

Noun

kaka

1. elder sibling

Serbo-Croatian

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Maybe borrowed from Hungarian”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??ka/
• Hyphenation: ka?ka

Noun

káka f (Cyrillic spelling ?????)

1. (uncountable, informal, often childish) poo, poop (feces)

Declension

Sotho

Etymology

Borrowed from Afrikaans kak.

Verb

kaka

1. to excrete, to defecate

   Synonym: nya

Sranan Tongo

Etymology 1

From English cock.

Noun

kaka

1. cock, rooster

   Synonym: kaka fowru

Derived terms

• kaka fowru

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Portuguese caca.

Noun

kaka

1. shit, crap

Alternative forms

• k'ka

Swahili

Pronunciation

Noun

kaka (n class, plural kaka)

1. brother

Coordinate terms

• dada (“sister”)

Swazi

Etymology

Borrowed from Afrikaans kak.

Verb

-káka

1. to defecate

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Swedish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

kaka c

1. cookie
2. (small) cake

Declension

Derived terms

• kaka på kaka
• pepparkaka

See also

• tårta

Turkmen

Noun

kaka (definite accusative kakany, plural kakalar)

1. father

Declension

Wik-Mungkan

Noun

kaka

1. excrement, faeces, shit

Synonyms

• kun

Yami

Etymology

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

Noun

kaka

1. older sibling

Yosondúa Mixtec

Etymology 1

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

Noun

kaka (present jika)

1. go, walk

Etymology 2

From Proto-Mixtec *kákà.

Noun

kaka

1. 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)?^[1] (in Spanish), third edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., pages 23–24

Zia

Adjective

kaka

1. small

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Maori haka, from Proto-Polynesian *saka. The word is cognate with Hawaiian ha?a (“dance”), Mangarevan ?aka (“to perform a traditional dance; a usually warlike dance accompanied by a chant”), Rarotongan ?aka (“dance”), Samoan sa?a (“dance”), Tokelauan haka (“dance”), Tongan haka (“hand action made while singing”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?h??k?/, /?hæ-/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?h?k?/, /?hæ-/
• (General New Zealand) IPA^(key): /?h??k?/
• Rhymes: -??k?, -æk?
• Homophone: Hakka
• Hyphenation: ha?ka

Noun

haka (plural hakas or haka)

1. A group dance of New Zealand's Maori people featuring rhythmic chanting, vigorous facial and arm movements, and foot stamping. Traditionally a war dance, today it is also performed to welcome guests, as a mark of respect at occasions such as commemorations and funerals, as a challenge to opposing teams at sports events, and for artistic purposes.

Derived terms

• kapa haka

Translations

Verb

haka (third-person singular simple present hakas, present participle hakaing, simple past and past participle hakaed)

1. (intransitive) To perform the haka.

Translations

Further reading

• haka on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• haka (sports) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Akha

'Are'are

Noun

haka

1. boat

References

• Kate?ina Naitoro, A Sketch Grammar of 'Are'are: The Sound System and Morpho-Syntax (2013)

Czech

Etymology

From Maori haka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [??aka]
• Rhymes: -aka
• Hyphenation: ha?ka

Noun

haka f

1. haka (dance of New Zealand's Maori people featuring rhythmic chanting, vigorous facial and arm movements, and foot stamping.)

Declension

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?h?k?/, [?h?k?]
• Rhymes: -?k?
• Syllabification: ha?ka

Etymology 1

Borrowed from dialectal Swedish haka (compare standard hake).

Noun

haka

1. hook, clasp (type of fastener)

Declension

Etymology 2

Probably borrowed from Old Swedish hagha, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *hagô (“enclosure, yard; pasture”).

Noun

haka

1. corral, paddock, croft (enclosure for livestock)

Declension

Etymology 3

Compare Proto-Germanic *hagaz (“skilled, abled”).

Adverb

haka

1. olla haka jossakin: to be good at something

Anagrams

• kaha

Hadza

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?aka/

Verb

haka

1. to go

   Synonym: etlhikwa

Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *fata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pata?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ha.ka/, [?h?k?]

Noun

haka

1. shelf
2. platform

References

• “haka” in the Hawaiian Dictionary, Revised and Enlarged Edition, University of Hawaii Press, 1986

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ha?ka/
• Rhymes: -a?ka

Etymology 1

From Old Norse haka

Noun

haka f (genitive singular höku, nominative plural hökur)

1. (anatomy) chin

Declension

Etymology 2

See haki (“pick”)

Verb

haka (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative hakaði, supine hakað)

1. to pick with a pickaxe
2. to mark with a check mark (usually with the preposition við)

Conjugation

Etymology 3

Noun

haka

1. indefinite accusative singular of haki
2. indefinite dative singular of haki
3. indefinite genitive singular of haki
4. indefinite accusative plural of haki
5. indefinite genitive plural of haki

Japanese

Romanization

haka

1. R?maji transcription of ??

Kashubian

Noun

haka f

1. hook

Khoekhoe

Numeral

haka

1. four

Kikuyu

Etymology

Hinde (1904) records kuhaka as an equivalent of English paint in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /haka/

Verb

haka (infinitive k?haka)

1. to paint, to smear
2. to propitiate by gift
3. to bribe

References

Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *saka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?haka/, [?h?k?]

Noun

haka

1. A war dance; a haka.

Usage notes

Used in the form haka-a.

Descendants

• ? English: haka

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• haken

Noun

haka m or f

1. definite feminine singular of hake (Etymology 1)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

haka f (definite singular haka, indefinite plural haker or hakor, definite plural hakene or hakone)

1. form removed with the spelling reform of 2012; superseded by hake (Etymology 1)
2. definite singular of hake (Etymology 1)

Old Norse

Etymology

Related to the root of haki (“hook, pick”), from Proto-Germanic *hakô, referring to something pointing out.

Noun

haka f (genitive h?ku)

1. chin

Declension

Descendants

• Icelandic: haka
• Norwegian: hake
• Swedish: haka
• Danish: hage

References

haka in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Polish

Noun

haka m

1. genitive singular of hak

Rapa Nui

Verb

haka

1. to do

Derived terms

• haka'ite

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse haka.

Pronunciation

Noun

haka c

1. chin, lower part of face

Declension

See also

• haka upp
• haka fast