kaka

See also: kAkA, káka, kakā, kāka, käka, kaķa, and kākā

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Alternative forms

• kākā

Etymology

Borrowed from Maori kākā.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑːkə/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɑːkə
• 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)
• kakabeak
• mountain kaka
• night kaka
• Norfolk Island kaka, Nestor productus (extinct)
• North Island kaka, Nestor meridionalis septentrionalis
• South Island kaka, Nestor meridionalis meridionalis

Translations

parrots in the genus Nestor

Finnish: kaka (fi) Maori: kākā, kea Polish: kaka (pl) f, nestor kaka m