kaka كاكا
Tunisian Derja · noun
“kaka” (كاكا) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning poo (baby talk).
Meanings
- poo (baby talk)
- yucky, dirty (to a child)
Usage
Kaka belongs to baby talk. Parents use it with small children to refer to excrement, like English "poo". The usual expression is "3mal kaka" (to do a poo). One also says "kaka!" to a child to make them let go of something dirty or forbidden, meaning "yucky, don't touch". The word is not vulgar, but it remains informal and childish. Among adults it is only used jokingly or mockingly, to describe something as worthless. It should not be used in formal registers.
Example
سيبها، كاكا! ما تحطهاش في فمك
sibha, kaka! ma t7otthech fi fommek
“Let go of it, that's yucky! Don't put it in your mouth.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “kaka” but also “keka” and “caca”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “kaka” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “poo (baby talk)”; “yucky, dirty, don't touch”: kaka in Algerian.