kakai

Latvian

Noun

kakai f

1. dative singular of kaka

Spanish

Adjective

kakai m or f (masculine and feminine plural kakais)

1. Kakai

Noun

kakai m or f by sense (plural kakais)

1. Kakai
   • 2015 July 22, “La importancia de (no) llamarse Omar”, in El País‎^[1]:

     Muchos kurdos, turcomanos, yazidíes, shabaks y kakais eran animados a arabizar sus nombres para evitar ser discriminados en los trámites administrativos o en el trabajo.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

West Makian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.ˈka.i/

Verb

kakai

1. (stative) alternative form of kakawi (“bent, crooked”)

Conjugation

Conjugation of kakai (stative verb)
		singular	plural
			inclusive	exclusive
1st person		tikakai	mikakai	akakai
2nd person		nikakai	fikakai
3rd person	inanimate	ikakai	dikakai
	animate	makakai
imperative		—, kakai	—, kakai

References

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎^[2], Pacific linguistics