The bright red feathers from under the wing of the kaka or large parrot.
The kaka is a kind of parrot of a reddish grey colour, and is easily tamed when taken young.
Sprightly in its actions, eminently social, and more noisy than any other inhabitant of the woods, the kaka holds a prominent place among our native birds.
Another very interesting group of birds are the large dull colonial parrots of the genus Nestor, called kea or kaka by the natives from their peculiar cries.
Kaka or Akaka-kwe, mythic dance drama people, among the Zuni, 204.
And now when he announced himself as cook no husk of humility could conceal the fact that he regarded all other cook possibilities in that camp on the Rio Kaka with a scornful contempt.
Farther on, when we got into the Rio Kaka and the Rio Beni, some care was essential; and it was necessary to camp on the largest sand bars and close to the water's edge, where the camp could not be rushed in a sudden dash from the jungle.
Now the New Zealand kaka and pigeon are, in the fall of the year, very toothsome birds indeed; they get very fat on the berries of the gigantic trees, and the Maoris have a very good way of preserving them.
As the ceremonial carried out differs only in degree, an account of the kaka polay will do for all.
Meanwhile food has been prepared for all present except the mourners, and when this has been partaken of, dancing is kept up round the central group till daybreak, when the pandal is pulled down and the kaka polay is over.
King Gaddbai was very wealthy, according to Ocou, drawing his revenues principally from the kaka industry, of which he had a monopoly.
He controls the kaka output and charges for it accordingly.
King Gaddbai, it appeared, had so enhanced the cost of black kaka that literature lay languishing.
He is a thief and has stolen a hundred djins of kaka from our sovereign storehouse.
On the heels of the tumult the kaka draperies parted at the rear of the royal balcony and the king appeared, bowed and seated himself.
A variety of black kaka was the only serviceable material to be had for writing purposes, ideographs being traced on its surface with white ink.
The victor received the name ofKaka (crow), and his descendants are called the Kaka people.
Another well-known family, the Kaka people, have the following tradition of their arrival in the Koi districts.
With no end to the strike in sight, Bailur, Hegde, Kaka and me next met and virtually pleaded with Papa to concede some sops to the striking workmen and get the publication going.
Being unfamiliar with local affairs, this cast added onus on Kaka Singbal and me to mark the priority of our dispatches in the initial days!
Consciously, though, we shunned sensationalizing and Kaka firmly shot the idea of carrying the day's matka figures.
As Edwin lay resting his arms against the fallen tree, he scanned once more the break in the muddy crust round which the kaka was still wheeling.
The kaka flew to him for protection, and strove to hide its head.
Better see what the kaka has found than climb the hill again.
The blaze will be seen for miles through the leafless forest, and will be sure to bring you help," he added, as he put the boy on the horse and set off at a swinging pace towards the buried whare, over which the kaka was still hovering.
He took the kaka from Edwin's wrist and hugged it fondly whilst he listened to his explanations about Lawford.
Is that their Maori gratitude," he exclaimed, "when it was your kaka which guided me to the spot?
O Edwin, my brother, I said I saved my kaka when they would have killed it; shall I not save my friend?
The kakahad hidden its head under its wing when the exchange was made.
Whero would not have dared to follow the kaka over the mud if I had not gone with him; but for me you would have been a dead man.
Edwin assured him he was singing to keep the kaka quiet, which had nestled on his folded arms, and was looking up in his face with evident enjoyment.
In his despair Whero had let the kaka fly, and Edwin watched it wheeling over the space between them and the lake, until it settled down in what appeared to him to be a hole in the all-pervading mud.
This shall be my home, and my kaka shall live in it.
He caught the old man's arm, and scared the kaka off.
I heard my kaka scream, and I guessed it was with you.
All his signals seemed in vain, but not quite; for the kaka was swinging high up among the top-most branches of an enormous willow near the scene of the upset.
The kaka missed his society, and followed to perch on his pillow.
It may not be out of place if I here mention that theKaka Khel section of Pathans, to which the two Meahs belong, are not only very influential, but are respected throughout both Afghanistan and Badakshan.
The Izumo peasantry say that the bird utters these words, which it certainly seems to do if one listen to it after having learned the alleged syllables: Tete poppo, Kaka poppo Tete poppo, Kaka poppo, tete.
So that whosoever wishes to visit Kaka must either wait for a period of dead calm--very rare upon the coast of the Japanese Sea--or journey thereunto by land; and by land the way is difficult and wearisome.
Chapter Nine In the Cave of the Children's Ghosts ยบ1 IT is forbidden to go to Kaka if there be wind enough 'to move three hairs.
From time immemorial this has been called the Kaka Scala, or bad way.
There is also a very rare and as yet unnamed kind of kaka, much larger and handsomer than the kaka itself, of which I and another shot one of the first, if not the very first, observed specimen.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "kaka" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
