Etymology

Takau

T1A1K5A1U1

Today it means: Synonym of Kaohsiung. Full definition →

Taiwanese Hokkien 打狗 ← Siraya takau
Ask AI about its historyChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

The story

  1. Siraya · derived fromtakau“bamboo forest”
  2. Taiwanese Hokkien · borrowed from打狗
  3. English todayTakau

Borrowed from Hokkien, specifically Taiwanese Hokkien 打狗 (Tá-káu), from Siraya takau (“bamboo forest”).

Words from the same roots

Taiwanese Hokkien打狗 all →

Takow

Sirayatakau all →

KaohsiungTakow

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.