Kaka (not the soccer player)

[Joel S. Berson]

In what languages (whether owned up to or disowned) does "kaka" mean
... uhm ... "excrement, feces"?

For what prompted this question, and general amusement, see
http://ny.bloomsburyauctions.com/detail/NY014/383.0

"Komrij, Kaka fonie" intrigued me.  If I wanted I could actually see
this book (2006 edition) at my local large university library, which
puts the very short title into one word and gives the following
not-so-short title:

Komrij's Kakafonie: oftewel, Encyclopedie van de stront: omvattende
de symbolische waarde,de kont, het kakken, de kleur, de stank, de
wind, het sanitair, de liefhebbers, satire & nonsens, stront en het
boek, lexicografie, enz. enz. : verlucht met meer dan 100 duidelijke
illustraties, waarvan sommige in kleur, & voorzien van een
overzichtelijke bibliografie en een handig register: om telkens weer
te kunnen raadplegen / samengesteld en ingeleid door Gerrit Komrij.

Komrij's Kakafonie: in other words, Encyclopedia of the shit: the
comprehensive symbolic value, the ass, the poop, colour, smells, the
wind, the plumbing, the fans, satire & nonsense, shit and the book,
lexicography, etc. etc. .: Illustrated with more than 100 clear
illustrations, some in color, & equipped with a concise bibliography
and a handy directory: to always be able to consult / composed and
initiated by Gerrit Komrij.

Not so bad for an automated translation by Google, and certainly
gives the aroma.

Joel

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