sakau
التعريفات والمعاني
== English ==
=== Etymology ===
From Pohnpeian sakau.
=== Noun ===
sakau (uncountable)
Kava (in Micronesian contexts).
=== Anagrams ===
Akaus, Asuka
== Chuukese ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Pohnpeian sakau.
=== Adjective ===
sakau
drunk
=== Noun ===
sakau
kava
any alcoholic substance
== Indonesian ==
=== Alternative forms ===
sakaw
=== Etymology ===
Blend of sakit (“sick”) + putau (“heroin”, literally “white”).
=== Pronunciation ===
(Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈsakau̯/ [ˈsa.kau̯]
Rhymes: -akau̯
Syllabification: sa‧kau
=== Adjective ===
sakau (comparative lebih sakau, superlative paling sakau)
(colloquial) under withdrawal symptoms
=== Further reading ===
“sakau”, 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
== Kari'na ==
=== Etymology ===
From Proto-Cariban *tjakaw (“sand”); compare Pemon sakau.
=== Pronunciation ===
(Venezuela, West Suriname) IPA(key): [saːkaw]
(East Suriname) IPA(key): [saʔkaw]
=== Noun ===
sakau (possessed sakauru)
sand
=== References ===
Courtz, Hendrik (2008), A Carib grammar and dictionary[2], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 361
Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931), “sakao”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 422; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes[3], Paris, 1956, page 411
== Lithuanian ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): [sɐ²ˈkɒʊˑ]
Rhymes: -ɒʊˑ
Syllabification: sa‧kaũ
=== Verb ===
sakau
first-person singular present of sakyti
== Malay ==
=== Etymology ===
From sakar (“to rob, robbery”) – through rhotacism of final /r/ prominent in the Malaccan dialect – from Minangkabau sakar; sakar itself likely related to cakar (“to claw, to seize”).
=== Verb ===
sakau (Jawi spelling ساکاو)
(Malaysia, informal) to snatch, to rob, to steal
Synonym: curi
== Pohnpeian ==
=== Adjective ===
sakau
drunk
=== Noun ===
sakau
kava
any alcoholic substance