kakā
Latvian
editNoun
editkakā f
Maori
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Polynesian *kakaha (“to burn”) (compare with Samoan ʻaʻasa, Tongan kakaha and Hawaiian ʻaʻā) from Proto-Polynesian *kaha (“to burn”) (compare with Hawaiian ʻā, Rapa Nui kā).[1][2]
Adjective
editkakā
Related terms
editReferences
edit- ^ Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary[1], Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, page 110
- ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “ka-kaha”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 50, number 2, pages 551-559
Further reading
editTokelauan
editEtymology
editProbably from Proto-Polynesian *ka (“screech”).
Pronunciation
editVerb
editkakā
- (intransitive) to express disapproval
References
edit- R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary[2], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 148
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