Atakapa

Alternative forms

• kaukau

Noun

kakau

1. water
2. river

Verb

kakau

1. to rain

References

• John Reed Swanton, A Structural and Lexical Comparison of the Tunica, Chitimacha and Atakapa languages (1919): kákaū
• Gatschet and Swanton, A Dictionary of the Atakapa Language (1932)

Tongan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian, compare Maori kau.

Verb

kakau

1. to swim

Tuvaluan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian, compare Maori kau.

Verb

kakau

1. to swim