kaku

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See also: Kaku and kaķu

Estonian

Noun

kaku

  1. genitive singular of kakk

Indonesian

Adjective

kaku

  1. stiff

Japanese

Romanization

kaku

  1. Rōmaji transcription of かく

Jerung

Noun

kaku

  1. water

References

  • J. R. Opgenort, About Chaurasia, in Linguistics of the Himalayas and Beyond

Kongo

Noun

kaku class 5 (singular kaku, singular dikaku, plural makaku)

  1. monkey

Descendants

Latvian

Noun

kaku f

  1. inflection of kaka:
    1. accusative/instrumental singular
    2. genitive plural

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

Determiner

kaku

  1. accusative feminine singular of kaki

Quechua

Noun

kaku

  1. maternal uncle

Declension

Sakizaya

Pronunciation

Pronoun

kaku

  1. I

Teop

Verb

kaku

  1. to break

References

Wambule

Noun

kaku

  1. water

References

  • J. R. Opgenort, About Chaurasia, in Linguistics of the Himalayas and Beyond
  • J. R. Opgenort, A Grammar of Wambule

Wanyi

Noun

kaku

  1. fish

References

  • Mary Laughren, Rob Pensalfini, Tom Mylne, Accounting for verb-initial order in an Australian language, in Verb First: On the syntax of verb-initial languages (2005)

West Makian

Pronunciation

Verb

kaku

  1. (stative) to be small

Conjugation

Conjugation of kaku (stative verb)
singular plural
inclusive exclusive
1st person tikaku mikaku akaku
2nd person nikaku fikaku
3rd person inanimate ikaku dikaku
animate makaku
imperative —, kaku —, kaku

References

  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours, Pacific linguistics

Yosondúa Mixtec

Etymology 1

From Proto-Mixtec *kákú.

Verb

kaku

  1. (intransitive) be born

Etymology 2

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

Verb

kaku

  1. (intrnasitive) escape

References

  • Beaty de Farris, Kathryn, et al. (2012) Diccionario básico del mixteco de Yosondúa, Oaxaca (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 46)‎ (in Spanish), third edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 24