kaka
kaka Lexical Profile
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• noun
A childish or colloquial term for feces or excrement (often a variant spelling of caca).
"The toddler pointed at the mud on his shoe and mistakenly called it kaka."
New Zealand A large, forest-dwelling parrot native to New Zealand, characterized by its olive-brown plumage and vibrant flashes of crimson under the wings.
"While hiking through the native sanctuary, we were lucky enough to spot a kaka stripping bark from a tree to find insects."
Word Nuance & Usage
This word has two highly distinct, unrelated meanings: it correctly refers to a native New Zealand parrot (often written with macrons as 'kākā'), but is also widely used as a childish colloquial spelling of 'caca' (meaning feces).
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Word Origin & Etymology
The ornithological term derives directly from Māori 'kākā' (parrot). The colloquial scatological term is an alternate spelling of 'caca', deriving from Latin 'cacare' (to defecate), from the Proto-Indo-European root *kakka-.
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