kakaktua

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 first-person possessive kakaktuaku, informal second-person possessive kakaktuamu, third-person possessive kakaktuanya)

cockatoo (a parrot)

Derived terms

burung kakaktua

Descendants

→ Bulgarian: какаду (kakadu)
→ Czech: kakadu
→ Dutch: kaketoe
- → English: cockatoo
  - → Irish: cocatú
  - → Maori: kokatu, koketu
- → German: Kakadu
  - → Norwegian: kakadu
→ Finnish: kakadu
→ French: cacatoès
→ Greek: κακατόης (kakatóis)
→ Hungarian: kakadu
→ Italian: cacatua
→ Polish: kakadu
→ Portuguese: cacatua
→ Romanian: cacadu
→ Russian: какаду́ (kakadú)
→ Spanish: cacatúa
→ Swedish: kakadua

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