Wiktionary

kaukau

Hawaiian Creole

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Etymology

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Related to chow-chow, from Chinese Pidgin English.

Noun

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kaukau

  1. food

Verb

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kaukau

  1. to eat
    Horse no kaukau cow kaukau, cow kaukau cow kaukau!
    Horses don't eat cows' food, cows eat cows' food!

Sursurunga

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Tok Pisin kaukau.

Noun

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kaukau

  1. sweet potato

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Swahili

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Pronunciation

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  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Noun

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kaukau (n class, plural kaukau)

  1. potato crisp, potato chip

Tok Pisin

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Etymology

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

Noun

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kaukau

  1. potato or sweet potato
    • 1995, John Verhaar, Toward a reference grammar of Tok Pisin: an experiment in corpus linguistics‎[2], →ISBN, page 433:
      Mekim olsem pinis, orait tupela i planim taro na banana, na kumu, painap, kon, tomato, na kaukau tu.
      After doing this, the two of them planted taro and bananas, and vegetables, pineapple, corn, tomatoes, and sweet potatoes as well.

Descendants

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  • → Sursurunga: kaukau

Tokelauan

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Etymology

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From Proto-Polynesian *kau-kau. Cognates include Hawaiian ʻauʻau and Samoan 'au'au.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈka.u ˈka.u]
  • Hyphenation: ka‧u‧ka‧u

Verb

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kaukau

  1. (intransitive) to swim

References

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  • R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎[3], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 145

Tongan

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Verb

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kaukau

  1. to wash
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