sakau
English edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
sakau (uncountable)
- Kava (in Micronesian contexts).
- 2022 December 16, Amy Remeikis, “‘I went cross-eyed’: Australia’s former deputy PM taken to hospital after drinking entire bowl of kava”, in The Guardian[1]:
- The Nationals MP suffered the consequences of drinking an entire shell of sakau – a traditional Micronesian kava with sedative qualities made from the root of the pepper plant – in one hit, thinking it was similar to South Pacific kava. […] While not alcoholic, sakau – like other kavas served throughout the Pacific region – is known for its narcotic sedative effect.
Anagrams edit
Chuukese edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Pohnpeian sakau.
Adjective edit
sakau
Noun edit
sakau
- kava
- any alcoholic substance
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
Blend of sakit (“sick”) + putau (“heroin”, literally “white”).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
sakau
- (colloquial) in condition of withdrawal symptom.
Alternative forms edit
Further reading edit
- “sakau” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Kari'na edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Cariban *tjakaw (“sand”); compare Pemon sakau.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
sakau (possessed sakauru)
References edit
- Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary[2], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 361
- Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “sakao”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 422; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes[3], Paris, 1956, page 411
Lithuanian edit
Verb edit
sakau
Pohnpeian edit
Adjective edit
sakau
Noun edit
sakau
- kava
- any alcoholic substance