Where does “kakatwa” come from?
kakatwa (Mauritian Creole) comes from French cacatoès, from Portuguese cacatua, from Malay kakatuwa, from Spanish cacatúa, from Malay kakaktua, from Malay tua, from Classical Malay tua, from Malay tuha — old.
kakatwa (Mauritian Creole): cockatoo, parrot
Definitions
- cockatoo, parrot
Ancestry of “kakatwa”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | cacatoès | cockatoo (bird) |
| 2 | Portuguese | cacatua | cockatoo |
| 3 | Malay | kakatuwa | — |
| 4 | Spanish | cacatúa | cockatoo |
| 5 | Malay | kakaktua | cockatoo; pincers |
| 6 | Malay | tua | old; ripe |
| 7 | Classical Malay | tua | old; ripe |
| 8 | Malay | tuha | Obsolete form of tua |
| 9 | Proto-Malayic | tuha | — |
| 10 | Proto-Malayo-Chamic | tuha | — |
| 11 | Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan | tuha | — |
| 12 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | (ma-)tuqah | old |
| 13 | Proto-Austronesian | (ma-)tuqaS | old |