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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.
n. scratch, scratching;
see kara.
vt. to scrape off bark with tool.

kaka3

vt. to throw away, to take off, to suppress, to do away with.
see kaki.

Goo & Banner

kaka

sn. Limosa lapponica baueri.
n. Pacific Godwit (aa).

Topics: Birds, Pandanus, Animal and plant names (Goo & Banner)