kakaktua

== Indonesian == === Alternative forms === kakatua (proscribed, nevertheless common) === Etymology === Inherited from Malay kakaktua, from kakak +‎ tua (“old”) or perhaps onomatopoeic. === Pronunciation === (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /kakaʔˈtua/ [ka.kaʔˈt̪u.a] Syllabification: ka‧kak‧tu‧a === Noun === kakaktua cockatoo (a bird of the family Cacatuidae with a curved beak and a zygodactyl foot) (colloquial, by extension) parrot (any bird of the order Psittaciformes) pincers (a gripping tool, pivoted like a pair of scissors, but with blunt jaws) === Further reading === “kakaktua”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 == Malay == === Etymology === From kakak (“sister”) +‎ tua (“old”) or onomatopoeic (kakak also meaning "to cackle, to laugh"). === Pronunciation === (Literary Standard) IPA(key): /kaˈkaktua/ [kaˈkaʔ.t̪wa] (Southern Peninsular Malaysia Standard) IPA(key): /kaˈkaktuə/ [kaˈkaʔ.t̪wə] === Noun === kakaktua (plural kakaktua-kakaktua or kakaktua2) cockatoo (a parrot) (colloquial, by extension) a parrot ==== Descendants ==== Indonesian: kakaktua → Dutch: kaketoeAfrikaans: kaketoe→ English: cockatoo→ Irish: cocatú→ Māori: kokatu, koketu→ German: Kakadu→ Bulgarian: какаду́ (kakadú)→ Czech: kakadu→ Finnish: kakadu→ Hungarian: kakadu→ Macedonian: какаду́ (kakadú)→ Norwegian: kakadu→ Polish: kakadu→ Romanian: cacadu→ Russian: какаду́ (kakadú)→ Swedish: kakadua→ Turkish: kakadu → Greek: κακατόης (kakatóis) → Italian: cacatua → Portuguese: cacatua, catatua→ French: cacatoès → Spanish: cacatúa → Thai: กระตั้ว → Translingual: Cacatua