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