different between kawa vs kaka

English

Noun

kawa (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of kava

Anagrams

• Waka, waka

Cebuano

Etymology

Probably from Malay kawah.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ka?wa

Noun

kawa

1. A large wok.

Related terms

• kaha, kalaha

Dibabawon Manobo

Noun

kawà

1. large iron pot

French

Pronunciation

Noun

kawa m (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of caoua, meaning coffee
2. (Piper methysticum) kava

   Synonym: kava

3. kava, beverage made from Piper methysticum.

   Synonym: kava

Further reading

• “kawa” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Hiligaynon

Noun

káwà

1. boiler

Japanese

Romanization

kawa

1. R?maji transcription of ??

Karao

Noun

kawa

1. middle; halfway

Kayapó

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ka?wa]

Etymology

From Proto-Northern Jê *kacû (“mortar”).

Noun

kawa

1. mortar

Lubuagan Kalinga

Noun

kawa

1. spider (large)

Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *kawa.

Adjective

kawa

1. sour

Noun

kawa

1. a ceremony to remove tapu from a new house or canoe
2. karakia (“ritual chants”) and customs for the opening of new houses, canoes and other events
3. marae protocol - customs of the marae and wharenui, particularly those related to formal activities such as p?hiri, speeches and mihimihi
4. acid
5. bitterness

Usage notes

The sense "marae protocol" seems to be a modern extension of the word.

Verb

kawa

1. to perform the kawa ceremony, open a new house

References

• “kawa” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori-English, English-Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, ?ISBN.

Polish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ????? (kahve), from Arabic ???????? (qahwa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ka.va/

Noun

kawa f (diminutive kawka or kawcia or kawunia or kawusia)

1. coffee

Declension

Derived terms

• (nouns) kawiarnia, kawowiec, kawosz, kawoszka, kawiarz, kawiara, kawiarka, kawiarniczka
• (noun phrases) kawa po irlandzku, kawa po turecku, kawa po wiede?sku, kawa rozpuszczalna, kawa zbo?owa
• (adjective) kawowy

Related terms

• (nouns) kawiarenka, kawiareczka
• (adjective) kawiarniany

Further reading

• kawa in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• kawa in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Swahili

Pronunciation

Verb

-kawa (infinitive kukawa)

1. delay, be late, tarry

Derived terms

• Verbal derivations:
  • Applicative: -kawia
  • Causative: -kawisha

Conjugation

Tagalog

Noun

kawa

1. large caldron; large boiler or kettle

Synonyms

• kaldero
• talyasi

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