şaka maka

== Turkish == === Etymology === Echo reduplication from şaka (“joke, fun”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʃaˈka.ma.ka/ Hyphenation: şa‧ka‧ma‧ka === Adverb === şaka maka Used to imply the following statement is not very serious, but lighthearted or ironic. all kidding aside Used when something is recently noticed or its importance just realized. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “şaka maka”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “şaka maka”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4418