ite kaka
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Turkish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From it- (“to push”) + -e (adverbial suffix) + kak- (“to push, to shove”) + -a (adverbial suffix), literally “by pushing and shoving”.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adverb[edit]
- by roughly pushing and shoving
- (figuratively) with difficulty, laboredly
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “ite kaka”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “ite kaka”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2270