kaka

[ kah-kuh ]

/ ˈkɑ kə /

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noun

any of several New Zealand parrots of the genus Nestor, especially N. meridionalis, having chiefly greenish and olive-brown plumage.

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Origin of kaka

1765–75; <Maori kākā, perhaps akin to kā to screech

Words nearby kaka

k'ai shu, kaizen, Kajaani, Kajar, kak, kaka, kaka beak, kakapo, kakariki, kakebuton, kakeibo

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How to use kaka in a sentence

From then on, Rahma referred to the man as “Miskin Kaka,” or “Poor Uncle.”
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Even after the wrongful dismissal of Kaka, the Seleçao never looked in trouble.
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Loath were they to leave the place of the Kaka and the lake of their dead.
Myths and Legends of California and the Old Southwest|Katharine Berry Judson
Two more joined him, and spent the night on board in singing a kaka or song of love for their visitors.
Life of John Coleridge Patteson|Charlotte M. Yonge

The large parrot may be the Kaka, although there is no blue in the plumage of the Kaka (Nestor meridionalis).
Essays on early ornithology and kindred subjects|James R. McClymont
Possibly kaka is a popular or vulgar name for a cray-fish or a crab.
The Bbur-nma in English|Babur, Emperor of Hindustan
He carried no weapon but his sacred taiaha, his tongue-pointed staff of hardwood, ornamented with a plume of red kaka feathers.
The adventures of Kimble Bent|James Cowan

British Dictionary definitions for kaka

kaka

/ (ˈkɑːkə) /

noun

a New Zealand parrot, Nestor meridionalis, with a long compressed bill

Word Origin for kaka

C18: from Māori, perhaps imitative of its call

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