| 释义 |
‖ kau kau|kaʊ kaʊ|
[Native name.]
In New Guinea, the sweet potato.
1937Official Handbk. New Guinea v. 435 In Morobe District, taro, sweet potatoes (kau-kau), sugar-cane and bananas furnish the main food, supplemented by yam, coco-nut and sago in certain areas. 1957M. West Kundu xiv. 166 They returned laden with taro and kau-kau and sugar-cane. 1964Economist 30 May 985/1 Sago and kau kau provide a basic if poor quality diet [in Papua]. |