qaqa
التعريفات والمعاني
== Azerbaijani ==
=== Etymology ===
Reduplication of qardaş (“brother”), originating in child speak. Alternatively, onomatopoeic. Compare Turkmen kaka (“father; paternal grandfather”).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): [ɡɑˈɡɑ]
=== Noun ===
qaqa (definite accusative qaqanı, plural qaqalar)
(colloquial) bro, mate, dude, lad, fella (referring to a boy or a young man; can be used as a term of address)
Synonyms: qaqaş, qağa, brat (proscribed)
(slang, humorous, derogatory) A member of an Azerbaijani hillbilly subculture embracing meykhana music, exhibiting materialistic flamboyancy and A.U.E. culture appreciation, using a blend of Russian and Azerbaijani slang words, and wearing matching sport suits, sunglasses, haircuts and shoes called makasin.
Synonyms: qaqaş, qaqulya, qaqulik, Arizona kərtənkələsi
==== Declension ====
=== See also ===
Armenian քյարթու (kʻyartʻu, “member of rabiz subculture”)
== Jaqaru ==
=== Noun ===
qaqa
cliff
=== References ===
Martha James Hardman. (1996) Jaqaru: Outline of phonological and morphological structure, page 73.
== Kavalan ==
=== Noun ===
qaqa
older sibling
==== Descendants ====
→ Basay: qaqa
=== References ===
Paul Jen-kuei Li (李壬癸) (1996), 宜蘭縣南島民族與語言 [The Formosan Tribes and Languages in Yilan] (in Chinese), Yilan: Yilan County Government, →ISBN, page 165
== Maltese ==
=== Etymology ===
From dialectal Arabic, ultimately onomatopoeic. Compare Moroccan Arabic قاقى (qāqa) and North Levantine Arabic قاقى (ʔāʔa).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈʔaː.ʔa/
Rhymes: -aːʔa
=== Verb ===
qaqa (imperfect jqaqi)
to cackle (a hen)
to brag
==== Conjugation ====
== Quechua ==
=== Adjective ===
qaqa
durable, solid
=== Noun ===
qaqa
rock, mountain, cliff
pass, chasm, abyss
==== Declension ====
==== See also ====
qaqa qaqa
== Zulu ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ǃaːǃa/
=== Noun ===
iqaqa class 9 (plural amaqaqa class 10)
African skunk, African polecat, Striped polecat
=== Verb ===
-qaqa
(transitive) to strip, to unsew, to rip open, to untie
(transitive) to disassemble, to dismantle, to take apart
(transitive) to demolish
(transitive) to undo
Synonym: -qhaqha
==== Inflection ====
=== References ===
C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “qaqa”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “qaqa (6.3)”