kawku

/ˈɡawɡu/

gloss “delight at a visitor's arrival”

Interjection

expression of delight on the arrival of a visitor (spoken with rising intonation on the second syllable)

greeting of delight when a visitor arrives

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Kuku-Yalanji Dictionary (1982)

The headword and meaning trace to the Kuku-Yalanji dictionary compiled by Henry and Ruth Hershberger with major Kuku Yalanji contributors.

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Major contributors include Toby Bloomfield, Roy Friday, Billy Roberts, Hector and Doris Sykes, Joe Walker, and people who lived at Jajikal in Ayton.

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The Hershberger source defines a specific arrival exclamation, not an unrestricted equivalent of English hello.