waku

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See also: wāku and wākǔ

Japanese

Romanization

waku

  1. Rōmaji transcription of わく

Kaurna

Noun

waku

  1. spider

Maori

Etymology

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

Verb

waku

  1. to scrape

Derived terms

Further reading

  • Williams, Herbert William (1917) “waku, wakuwaku”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, page 561
  • “waku” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

Wauja

Pronunciation

Noun

waku

  1. bath (bathing place, river port or stream where people go to bathe)
    Aya waku nitsenu.
    Let's go bathing together. (lit., Let's go bathing with me.)
    Piye waku! Enupai kamo. Tsokojo pitsu!
    Go bathe! The sun is high in the sky. You're an agouti!
    (Agoutis are tropical American rodents about the size of a rabbit. The Wauja say they avoid water.)
    Kanaipai ninyeulu, tsala? Aitsa painyakupai. Iya waku papa itsenu.
    Q: Where's my sister-in-law, dear boy? . A: She's not home. She went to bathe with dad.
    Anatapai umejo. Aitsa iyapai waku itsenu. Aitsa aintyapai umapiya, paponaku pata aintyapai. Anatatai.
    rejects her husband. doesn't go to bathe with . doesn't eat his catch ; eats only in her house. simply rejects .

Derived terms

References

  • E. Ireland field notes. Need to be checked by native speaker.

Yanomamö

Noun

waku (plural pei wakuku)

  1. muscle

References

  • Lizot, Jacques (2004) Diccionario enciclopédico de la lengua yãnomãmɨ‎ (in Spanish), Vicariato apostólico de Puerto Ayacucho, →ISBN
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