kaukau
Hawaiian Creole
Etymology
Related to chow-chow, from Chinese Pidgin English.
Noun
kaukau
- food
Verb
kaukau
- to eat
- Horse no kaukau cow kaukau, cow kaukau cow kaukau!
- Horses don't eat cows' food, cows eat cows' food!
Sursurunga
Etymology
Borrowed from Tok Pisin kaukau.
Noun
kaukau
- sweet potato
References
- Sálán má Worwor Talas uri tan Kuir Wor Sursurunga, Papua New Guinea: Summer Institute of Linguistics, 2018, page 295
Swahili
Noun
kaukau (n class, plural kaukau)
- crisp, potato chip
Tok Pisin
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Noun
kaukau
- potato or sweet potato
- 1995, John Verhaar, Toward a reference grammar of Tok Pisin: an experiment in corpus linguistics, →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.
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Descendants
- → Sursurunga: kaukau
Tokelauan
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *kau-kau. Cognates include Hawaiian ʻauʻau and Samoan 'au'au.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈka.u.ˈka.u/
- Hyphenation: ka‧u‧ka‧u
Verb
kaukau
- (intransitive) to swim
References
- R. Simona, editor (1986) Tokelau Dictionary, Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 145
Tongan
Verb
kaukau
- to wash