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

by roughly pushing and shoving
(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

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