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Shaka vs Shama - What's the difference?

shaka | shama |

As nouns the difference between shaka and shama

is that shaka is a greeting gesture in which the thumb and little finger are extended while curling the three middle fingers in a semi-fist used to express a variety of positive meanings including "all right", "hello" and "goodbye" or shaka can be a joke, prank while shama is , a saxicoline songbird of india, glossy black with a white rump and brown underparts.

shaka

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A greeting gesture in which the thumb and little finger are extended while curling the three middle fingers in a semi-fist. Used to express a variety of positive meanings including "all right", "hello" and "goodbye".
  • * 2008 , December 27, photo caption, Reuters :
  • US President-elect Obama flashes the 'shaka' before he greets a crowd...

    Usage notes

    * Associated with Hawaii and with sports such as surfing, skateboarding, snowboarding, and skydiving.

    Synonyms

    * hang-loose sign

    See also

    * (Shaka sign)

    Anagrams

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    shama

    English

    (White-rumped shama)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • , a saxicoline songbird of India, glossy black with a white rump and brown underparts.
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