kaka كاكا
Algerian Darja · noun
“kaka” (كاكا) is a noun in Algerian Darja meaning poo (baby talk).
Meanings
- poo (baby talk)
- yucky, dirty, don't touch
Usage
Kaka is a word from children's language, identical to French "caca". Parents use it with small children to mean excrement, and above all to forbid touching or putting something dirty in their mouth: "kaka!" is then enough as a warning. It is also used as an adjective or exclamation to signal what is dirty. Between adults, it remains childish or jokey and is not rude. The crude terms for excrement are different and much more vulgar. Avoid this word in formal contexts.
Example
ما تقيسش هاذيك، كاكا!
ma t9issch hadik, kaka!
“Don't touch that, it's yucky!”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “kaka” but also “caca” and “kakka”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Its Arabic spelling is not fixed either: you will find كاكا and الكاكا, all the same word.
Type “kaka” on the Arabic keyboard
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “poo (baby talk)”; “yucky, dirty (to a child)”: kaka in Tunisian.