kau kaun.

/kaʊ kaʊ/

Etymology: < a language of New Guinea.

In New Guinea, the sweet potato.

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the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > vegetables > root vegetable > [noun] > sweet potato

potato1565

batata1577

potato root1583

Spanish potato1599

red batata1696

Virginia potato1715

sweet potato1750

yam1753

kumara1773

boniato1800

camote1842

Carolina potato1848

Carolina1884

mickey1936

kau kau1937

1937 Official 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.

1957 M. West Kundu xiv. 166 They returned laden with taro and kau-kau and sugar-cane.

1964 Economist 30 May 985/1 Sago and kau kau provide a basic if poor quality diet [in Papua].

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2018).

单词	kau kau
释义	kau kaun. /kaʊ kaʊ/ Etymology: < a language of New Guinea. In New Guinea, the sweet potato. ΘΠ the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > vegetables > root vegetable > [noun] > sweet potato potato1565 batata1577 potato root1583 Spanish potato1599 red batata1696 Virginia potato1715 sweet potato1750 yam1753 kumara1773 boniato1800 camote1842 Carolina potato1848 Carolina1884 mickey1936 kau kau1937 1937 Official 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. 1957 M. West Kundu xiv. 166 They returned laden with taro and kau-kau and sugar-cane. 1964 Economist 30 May 985/1 Sago and kau kau provide a basic if poor quality diet [in Papua]. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < n.1937
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