KAKA

This word has many possible meanings in Tagalog, none of them very common.


kaka
name for eldest uncle or aunt

kakâ
name of eldest sibling


The conjugated word appears often as part of the following phrase:

kakang gata
the first extraction of coconut milk
(the milk squeezed out during the first pressing)



As a prefix, kaka- signifies a limitation of time or quantity.

kaunti
a little

kakaunti
very liitle bit