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Auslan Sign for  kaka

Photo of kaka

Definition

A large parrot with olive brown feathers. A native bird of New Zealand.

Performance

While mouthing Kaka; with back of hand against chin, thumb pointing forward, and starting with pointer finger pointing forward and upwards; move pointer finger only so that it hooks down to tap thumb-tip, returns straight and taps thumb-tip again.

Context for Auslan

Loan sign from NZSL

Also Signs

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NZSL

As seen in Dictionaries

Page 203

Related Signs

Sign for parrot
parrot

Used In Regions

    Used In Languages:

    • Auslan
    • New Zealand Sign Language

    Part of Categories

    Animals
    Creatures with Wings
    Animals
    Zoo
    Handshapes and Radicals
    Bird Radical
    Linguistic
    Noun
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