kawau

English

Etymology

From Maori [Term?].

Noun

kawau

1. (New Zealand) The great cormorant.

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies

ALIV	kawau
Brazilian standard	kawau
New Tribes	cawau
historical ad hoc	kawao

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kawaw]

Noun

kawau

1. the star-fingered toad, Pipa pipa

References

• Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “kawau”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎^[1], Lyon
• de Civrieux, Marc (1980) “kawao”, in  David M. Guss, transl., Watunna: An Orinoco Creation Cycle, San Francisco: North Point Press, →ISBN
• Guss, David M. (1989) To Weave and Sing: Art, Symbol, and Narrative in the South American Rain Forest, Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, →ISBN, pages 111, 198, 239: “kawau”