Kaka (not the soccer player)

[Marc Velasco]

At least in Spanish.

On Fri, Sep 5, 2008 at 10:57 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:

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> A lot of them. It's as common as "mama" and "papa." But Greek is
> probably the relevant language, here. Cf. _kakós_ "bad," _kakkáein_
> 'take a dump."
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> -Wilson
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> On Fri, Sep 5, 2008 at 9:25 PM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:
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> > In what languages (whether owned up to or disowned) does "kaka" mean
> > ... uhm ... "excrement, feces"?
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> > For what prompted this question, and general amusement, see
> > http://ny.bloomsburyauctions.com/detail/NY014/383.0
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> > "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:
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> > 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.
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> > Not so bad for an automated translation by Google, and certainly
> > gives the aroma.
> >
> > Joel
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