kakaktua
Indonesian
Alternative forms
Etymology 2
From the tool's shape resembling the beak of a cockatoo.
Further reading
- “kakaktua” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Malay
Etymology
From kakak (“sister”) + tua (“old”). Compare Indonesian kakatua.
Pronunciation
- (Johor-Selangor) IPA(key): /kakaʔtuə/
- (Riau-Lingga) IPA(key): /kakaʔtua/
Noun
kakaktua (plural kakaktua-kakaktua, informal 1st possessive kakaktuaku, 2nd possessive kakaktuamu, 3rd possessive kakaktuanya)
- cockatoo (a parrot)
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Bulgarian: какаду́ (kakadú)
- → Czech: kakadu
- → Dutch: kaketoe
- → Finnish: kakadu
- → French: cacatoès
- → Greek: κακατόης (kakatóis)
- → Hungarian: kakadu
- → Italian: cacatua
- → Polish: kakadu
- → Portuguese: cacatua
- → Romanian: cacadu
- → Russian: какаду́ (kakadú)
- → Spanish: cacatúa
- → Swedish: kakadua
- → Thai: กระตั้ว
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