ite kaka

Turkish

Etymology

From it- (“to push”) +‎ -e (adverbial suffix) +‎ kak- (“to push, to shove”) +‎ -a (adverbial suffix), literally “by pushing and shoving”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iˈte.ka.ka/
• Hyphenation: i‧te‧ka‧ka

Adverb

ite kaka

1. by roughly pushing and shoving
2. (figuratively) with difficulty, laboredly

   Synonyms: güçlükle, zorlukla, zar zor, öle dirile, güç bela, zor bela

Related terms

• ağaçkakan
• itelemek
• itici
• itiş kakış
• kakalamak
• kama

 

Further reading

• “ite kaka”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “ite kaka”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2270