Meanings
nounRukai pl (plural only)
- pluralplural onlyAn Austronesian people of Taiwan.
Kaohsiung Mayor Chen Chi-mai (陳其邁, center) puts a lily on the back of a young man's head when attending an Indigenous Rukai tribe's harvest celebrations in the southern city's Maolin District on Sunday.
2022 July 31, “Rukai harvest celebrations”, in Focus Taiwan, sourced from Kaohsiung City government July 31, 2022, archived from the original on 31 Jul 2022, Photos of the Day
proper noun
- Their Austronesian language, which uses the Latin alphabet.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 魯凱族 /鲁凯族
- 魯凱族 /鲁凯族 (Bùnóngzú)an ethnic group in Taiwan
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APA
Rukai. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Rukai
MLA
“Rukai.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Rukai. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Rukai,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Rukai.
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