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German translation: (Hawaiian slang) toll, klasse, cool

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English term or phrase:	shak(k)a
German translation:	(Hawaiian slang) toll, klasse, cool
Entered by:	VeronikaNeuhold

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10:26 Dec 12, 2007

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English term or phrase: shakka

"Tahiti is the southern hemisphere Hawaii.
It is crystal clear water, beautiful mountains, beautiful people.
It is **shakka** as we say in Hawaii."

Furchtbares Südseesehnsuchtsgelaber. Ich nehme an, dass "shakka" in der Umgangssprache angesiedelt ist.

Ich frage aber aus reiner Neugier und habe nicht vor, es zu übersetzen. Also: Wichtige und dringende Fragen vor!!

"Shakka is a Babylonian and Akkadian patron god of herdsmen, probably deriving from the Sumerian god Lahar." (Quelle: www.answers.com)

Auf MySpace bin ich auf folgenden Kommentar gestoßen: "What up Druw! hows it? Kine south swells lately. Wondering how youve been. Im Coming back out in the near future.
Shakka!!!!!"

Meint wohl was anderes als "shakka together": http://talk.dyestat.com/archive/index.php/t-52154-p-418.html

VeronikaNeuhold KudoZ activity Questions: 857 (1 open) (1 without valid answers) (32 closed without grading) Answers: 187 Austria
Local time: 15:11

cool!

Explanation:
;)

Selected response from:

djordi
Local time: 15:11

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Shaka!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

cool!

djordi

1 +2

Tschacka!

Capesha

hip / cool / toll bzw cooles Handzeichen(wie das Victory-Zeichen)wird im mitgeschickten Text erklärt

m e

Discussion entries: 1

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22 mins confidence:

cool!

Explanation:
;)

Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaka_sign

djordi
Local time: 15:11
Native speaker of:

German,

Serbo-Croat
PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

Shaka!

Notes to answerer

Asker: Ok, a spelling error again, so I didn't find it anywhere. Thank you!

38 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

Tschacka!

Explanation:
As we say in Germany, if somethings fits well or is great. Please don't ask about the sense ;-)

Capesha
Local time: 15:11
Native speaker of:

German

Notes to answerer

Asker: Nur falls es dich interessiert: http://iq.lycos.de/qa/show/14468/'Tschacka+Tschacka'+-+Woher+kommt+diese+'Anfeuerung'%3F/

43 mins confidence:

hip / cool / toll bzw cooles Handzeichen(wie das Victory-Zeichen)wird im mitgeschickten Text erklärt

Explanation:
(The shakka is the wave that most people associate with surfing/surfers. According to Erin Summerill, and a few other Hawaiian locals that I met, the "shakka" wave started with a man from Laie who worked in the Kahuku Sugar Mills, located a few miles north of Laie. This man got his index, middle and ring fingers cut off while working in the mill. After that, to wave to people he would put up his hand (that only had a thumb and a pinky) and shake it. Somehow, it caught on!) aus: http://halesangels.blogspot.com/2007_09_01_archive.html (ziemlich weit unten)

Reference: http://halesangels.blogspot.com/2007_09_01_archive.html

m e
Local time: 15:11
Native speaker of:

German,

Norwegian

Notes to answerer

Asker: Thanks for the corny, but shakka link! (Offenbar gibt es beide Schreibweisen.)

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Changes made by editors

Dec 12, 2007 - Changes made by Steffen Walter:
Field	Other => Marketing
Field (specific)	General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters => Idioms / Maxims / Sayings

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