"kääk" meaning in Finnish

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Interjection

Etymology: Probably after its similar use in Donald Duck comics, originally as an imitation of the sound of a duck. Head templates: {{head|fi|interjections|head=}} kääk, {{fi-int}} kääk
  1. Expression of becoming alarmed or of surprise or realization, often of something negative. Wikipedia link: Donald Duck Tags: colloquial
    Sense id: en-kääk-fi-intj-Qw13k5Nx Categories (other): Finnish entries with incorrect language header

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Finnish dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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