wakuwaku

Japanese

Romanization

wakuwaku

  1. Rōmaji transcription of わくわく

Maori

Etymology

Reduplication of waku, compare with Tahitian vaʻuvaʻu.

Verb

wakuwaku

  1. to scrape

Further reading

  • Williams, Herbert William (1917) “waku, wakuwaku”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, page 561
  • “wakuwaku” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

Xhosa

Etymology

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Relative

-wakuwaku?

  1. loose fitting
    Synonym: -ngwabhungwabhu

Inflection

Relative concord
modifier copulative
positive negative positive negative
1st singular endiwakuwaku endingewakuwaku ndiwakuwaku andiwakuwaku
2nd singular owakuwaku ongewakuwaku uwakuwaku awuwakuwaku
1st plural esiwakuwaku esingewakuwaku siwakuwaku asiwakuwaku
2nd plural eniwakuwaku eningewakuwaku niwakuwaku aniwakuwaku
class 1 owakuwaku ongewakuwaku uwakuwaku akawakuwaku
class 2 abawakuwaku abangewakuwaku bawakuwaku abawakuwaku
class 3 owakuwaku ongewakuwaku uwakuwaku awuwakuwaku
class 4 ewakuwaku engewakuwaku iwakuwaku ayiwakuwaku
class 5 eliwakuwaku elingewakuwaku liwakuwaku aliwakuwaku
class 6 awakuwaku angewakuwaku awakuwaku awawakuwaku
class 7 esiwakuwaku esingewakuwaku siwakuwaku asiwakuwaku
class 8 eziwakuwaku ezingewakuwaku ziwakuwaku aziwakuwaku
class 9 ewakuwaku engewakuwaku iwakuwaku ayiwakuwaku
class 10 eziwakuwaku ezingewakuwaku ziwakuwaku aziwakuwaku
class 11 oluwakuwaku olungewakuwaku luwakuwaku aluwakuwaku
class 14 obuwakuwaku obungewakuwaku buwakuwaku abuwakuwaku
class 15 okuwakuwaku okungewakuwaku kuwakuwaku akuwakuwaku
class 17 okuwakuwaku okungewakuwaku kuwakuwaku akuwakuwaku
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