sakau
English
editEtymology
editNoun
editsakau (uncountable)
- Kava (in Micronesian contexts).
- 2022 December 16, Amy Remeikis, “‘I went cross-eyed’: Australia’s former deputy PM taken to hospital after drinking entire bowl of kava”, in The Guardian[1]:
- The Nationals MP suffered the consequences of drinking an entire shell of sakau – a traditional Micronesian kava with sedative qualities made from the root of the pepper plant – in one hit, thinking it was similar to South Pacific kava. […] While not alcoholic, sakau – like other kavas served throughout the Pacific region – is known for its narcotic sedative effect.
Anagrams
editChuukese
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Pohnpeian sakau.
Adjective
editsakau
Noun
editsakau
- kava
- any alcoholic substance
Indonesian
editEtymology
editBlend of sakit (“sick”) + putau (“heroin”, literally “white”).
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editsakau
- (colloquial) Under withdrawal symptoms.
- Aku biasanya pusing ketika sakau.
- I usually get dizzy when withdrawing.
Alternative forms
editFurther reading
edit- “sakau” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Kari'na
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Cariban *tjakaw (“sand”); compare Pemon sakau.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editsakau (possessed sakauru)
References
edit- 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
editVerb
editsakau
Pohnpeian
editAdjective
editsakau
Noun
editsakau
- kava
- any alcoholic substance
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