Etymology

kaka

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Today it means: Any of four taxa of birds in the genus Nestor in the parrot family confined to New Zealand and adjacent islands. Full definition →

Māori kākā
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The story

  1. Māorikāredup.
  2. Māorikākā
  3. English todaykaka

Borrowed from Māori kākā.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.