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

  1. cockatoo (a bird of the family Cacatuidae with a curved beak and a zygodactyl foot)
  2. (colloquial, by extension) parrot (any bird of the order Psittaciformes)
  3. pincers (a gripping tool, pivoted like a pair of scissors, but with blunt jaws)

Further reading

Malay

Etymology

From kakak (“sister”) +‎ tua (“old”) or onomatopoeic (kakak also meaning "to cackle, to laugh").

Pronunciation

  • (Johor-Selangor) IPA(key): /kakaʔtuə/
  • (Riau-Lingga) IPA(key): /kakaʔtua/

Noun

kakaktua (plural kakaktua-kakaktua)

  1. cockatoo (a parrot)
  2. (colloquial, by extension) a parrot

Derived terms

Descendants

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