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)

Swahili

Noun

kakau (n class, plural kakau)

1. Alternative form of kakao (“cocoa”)

Tongan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian [Term?], compare Maori kau.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.ka.u/

Verb

kakau

1. to swim

Tuvaluan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian [Term?], compare Maori kau.

Verb

kakau

1. to swim