káka

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

Hungarian

Etymology

Probably from a Turkic language.[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkaːkɒ]
  • Hyphenation: ká‧ka
  • Rhymes: -kɒ

Noun

káka (plural kákák)

  1. bulrush (sedges in the genera Schoenoplectus (formerly considered Scirpus))

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative káka kákák
accusative kákát kákákat
dative kákának kákáknak
instrumental kákával kákákkal
causal-final kákáért kákákért
translative kákává kákákká
terminative kákáig kákákig
essive-formal kákaként kákákként
essive-modal
inessive kákában kákákban
superessive kákán kákákon
adessive kákánál kákáknál
illative kákába kákákba
sublative kákára kákákra
allative kákához kákákhoz
elative kákából kákákból
delative kákáról kákákról
ablative kákától kákáktól
non-attributive
possessive – singular
kákáé kákáké
non-attributive
possessive – plural
kákáéi kákákéi
Possessive forms of káka
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. kákám kákáim
2nd person sing. kákád kákáid
3rd person sing. kákája kákái
1st person plural kákánk kákáink
2nd person plural kákátok kákáitok
3rd person plural kákájuk kákáik

Derived terms

Compound words
  • kákabélű
  • kákabuzogány
  • kákagyékény
  • kákakosár

References

  1. ^ káka in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). 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 2nd edition.)
  2. ^ káka in Tótfalusi, István. Magyar etimológiai nagyszótár (’Hungarian Comprehensive Dictionary of Etymology’). Budapest: Arcanum Adatbázis, 2001; Arcanum DVD Könyvtár →ISBN

Further reading

  • káka in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkʰauːka/
  • Rhymes: -auːka

Verb

káka (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative kákaði, supine kákað)

  1. (intransitive) to dabble

Conjugation

káka – active voice (germynd)
infinitive nafnháttur káka
supine sagnbót kákað
present participle
kákandi
indicative
subjunctive
present
past
present
past
singular ég káka kákaði káki kákaði
þú kákar kákaðir kákir kákaðir
hann, hún, það kákar kákaði káki kákaði
plural við kákum kákuðum kákum kákuðum
þið kákið kákuðuð kákið kákuðuð
þeir, þær, þau káka kákuðu káki kákuðu
imperative boðháttur
singular þú káka (þú), kákaðu
plural þið kákið (þið), kákiði1
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
kákast – mediopassive voice (miðmynd)
infinitive nafnháttur að kákast
supine sagnbót kákast
present participle
kákandist (rare; see appendix)
indicative
subjunctive
present
past
present
past
singular ég kákast kákaðist kákist kákaðist
þú kákast kákaðist kákist kákaðist
hann, hún, það kákast kákaðist kákist kákaðist
plural við kákumst kákuðumst kákumst kákuðumst
þið kákist kákuðust kákist kákuðust
þeir, þær, þau kákast kákuðust kákist kákuðust
imperative boðháttur
singular þú kákast (þú), kákastu
plural þið kákist (þið), kákisti1
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
kákaður — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)
strong declension
(sterk beyging)
singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn)
feminine
(kvenkyn)
neuter
(hvorugkyn)
masculine
(karlkyn)
feminine
(kvenkyn)
neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall)
kákaður kákuð kákað kákaðir kákaðar kákuð
accusative
(þolfall)
kákaðan kákaða kákað kákaða kákaðar kákuð
dative
(þágufall)
kákuðum kákaðri kákuðu kákuðum kákuðum kákuðum
genitive
(eignarfall)
kákaðs kákaðrar kákaðs kákaðra kákaðra kákaðra
weak declension
(veik beyging)
singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn)
feminine
(kvenkyn)
neuter
(hvorugkyn)
masculine
(karlkyn)
feminine
(kvenkyn)
neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall)
kákaði kákaða kákaða kákuðu kákuðu kákuðu
accusative
(þolfall)
kákaða kákuðu kákaða kákuðu kákuðu kákuðu
dative
(þágufall)
kákaða kákuðu kákaða kákuðu kákuðu kákuðu
genitive
(eignarfall)
kákaða kákuðu kákaða kákuðu kákuðu kákuðu

Derived terms

  • káka við

Lingala

Adverb

káka

  1. only, just
  2. always, still