kawau

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Maori [Term?]

Noun[edit]

kawau

  1. (New Zealand) The great cormorant.

Ye'kwana[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

kawau

  1. the star-fingered toad, Pipa pipa

References[edit]

  • 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