kakai
Latvian
Noun
kakai f
- dative singular form of kaka
Spanish
Adjective
kakai (plural kakais)
- Kakai
Noun
kakai m or f (plural kakais)
- Kakai
- 2015 July 22, “La importancia de (no) llamarse Omar”, in El País:
- 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.
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West Makian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ka.ˈka.i/
Verb
kakai
- (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, Pacific linguistics