kaʻaka

Hawaiian

Etymology

Of uncertain origin. Perhaps borrowed from Tahitian taʻata (“person”), from Proto-Polynesian *taŋata, making it a possible doublet of kanaka.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaˈʔa.ka/, [kəˈʔɐ.kə]

Noun

kaʻaka

  1. (dated, slang) fellow, chap, person, wretch
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