kaka
Bingham
káka
va. fierce for battle.
n. abird, the.
pref. to numerals except 10,100,1000, etc indicating two each, three each, etc.
kaáka
vi. to scrape, to plane, to carve.
Sabatier
kaka
pref. to numbers in the sense of distribution. kaka teuana (one to each);
ex.
- kaka uoua, kaka tenua, etc. (to each one, one, two, three, etc.).
- kaka tebwina, kaka tebubua, kaka tenga (to each one, 10, 100, 1000). for tens, hundreds, thousands is also said tatabe bwi, tatabe bubua, tatabe nga.
kaka1
n. a wading bird.
n. cackle of hen, cry of surprise or fear.
v. kaka, kakaka, kakakaka: to cackle.
ex. kaka ni maku: to cry out in fearkaka n un: to challenge, to cry out for vexation.
kaka2
n. a preparation of dried pandanus fruit.
scraping of ntabaniban (small black insect) to poison fish.
scraping of ntabaniban (small black insect) to poison fish.
n. scratch, scratching;
see kara.
vt. to scrape off bark with tool.
Goo & Banner
kaka
sn. Limosa lapponica baueri.
n. Pacific Godwit (aa).
Topics: Birds, Pandanus, Animal and plant names (Goo & Banner)