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English
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Etymology
[edit]Origin uncertain. Shaka is not a word in the Hawaiian language, which lacks the /ʃ/ sound.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]shaka (plural shakas)
- A greeting gesture in which the thumb and little finger are extended while curling the three middle fingers in a semi-fist. Used to express a variety of positive meanings including "all right", "hello" and "goodbye".
- 2008 August 10, “Obama: At Home in the Islands”, in New York Times[1]:
- Greet someone with the slang, “Howzit?” and say goodbye with a flash of the “shaka” sign (fist closed, thumb and pinky extended) and you have established your credibility with Hawaii natives.
- 2008 December 27, photo caption, Reuters:
- US President-elect Obama flashes the 'shaka' before he greets a crowd […]
Usage notes
[edit]- Associated with Hawaii and with sports such as surfing, skateboarding, snowboarding, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and skydiving.
Synonyms
[edit]See also
[edit]Shaka sign on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
[edit]Albanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ottoman Turkish شقا (şaka, “joke”). Compare Turkish şaka.
Noun
[edit]shaka f (plural shaka, definite shakaja, definite plural shakatë)
French
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ʃɛ.ka/ ~ /ʃe.ka/
- Homophones: shakas, shakât
Verb
[edit]shaka
- third-person singular past historic of shaker
Japanese
[edit]Romanization
[edit]shaka
Ladino
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]shaka f (Latin spelling)
- joke (thing said to amuse)
Rwanda-Rundi
[edit]Verb
[edit]-shāka (infinitive gushāka, perfective -shātse)
Swahili
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Arabic شَكّ (šakk).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]shaka (n class, plural shaka) or shaka (ma class, plural mashaka)
Related terms
[edit]Swazi
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]shaka? class 1a (plural boshaka class 2a)
Inflection
[edit]This noun needs an inflection-table template.
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