kakau

See also: kākau

Atakapa

Alternative forms

• kaukau

Noun

kakau

1. water
2. river

Verb

kakau

1. to rain

References

• John Reed Swanton, A Structural and Lexical Comparison of the Tunica, Chitimacha and Atakapa languages (1919): kákaū
• Gatschet and Swanton, A Dictionary of the Atakapa Language (1932)

Māori

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈkau/ [kɐˈkɐʉ]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *ka-kau, a reduplication of *kau, from Proto-Oceanic *kaʀu. Cognates include Tongan kakau and Samoan ʻaʻau. Doublet of kau.

Verb

kakau

1. (archaic) to swim

   Synonym: kau

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.).

Noun

kakau

1. stalk (of a plant)
2. handle (of a tool)

Further reading

• Williams, Herbert William (1917), “kakau”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, 5th edition, Wellington, N.Z.: Marcus F. Marks, page 123
• John C. Moorfield (2011), “kakau”, in Te Aka: Māori–English, English–Māori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, →ISBN

Swahili

Noun

kakau class IX (plural kakau class X)

1. alternative form of kakao (“cocoa”)

Tongan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *ka-kau, a reduplication of *kau, from Proto-Oceanic *kaʀu. Cognates include Māori kakau and Samoan ʻaʻau.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.ka.u/

Verb

kakau

1. to swim

Tuvaluan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *ka-kau, a reduplication of *kau, from Proto-Oceanic *kaʀu. Cognates include Māori kakau and Samoan ʻaʻau.

Verb

kakau

1. to swim