"Takataka"

Translation: Garbage

[LichenTPD]

Favourite word I'm learning from any language at the moment :)

[DiegoJaviUnlam]

"Sili Takataka" would be a cool name for a punk rock band. ;D

[TseDanylo]

I personally love "sili"

[Cinderty]

It's a very intuitive word for 'garbage' ;)

[MasegoKiongozi]

Hahaha me too

[aztekbp]

My current favourite Swahili word is the word for Avacado.....parachichi :-)

[NessaNessaJoy]

In the expanded lion king universe, before scar got his scar, his name was taka.

[PolyglotCiro]

What a funny word! XD

[cwaospi]

In Mexico Takataka is a somewhat ethnic slur applied to east asian people. It is also the name of a toy that sounds like takatakatakataka....

[scruffy]

I can't help but wonder whether there's any connection between this word and the Thai Tuk Tuk.

[AGreatUserName]

I'm going to say with almost absolute certainty that there isn't. There's neither any obvious semantic connection or a significant flow of words between Thai and Swahili. Tuk-tuk is apparently onomatopoeic, from the engine sound of a tuk-tuk ...

Both having a "t" sound and a "k" sound, as well as reduplication, is essentiall nothing.

I'm also pretty certain it's not related to "tick-tock".