Akikak

=== Etymology ===
from ake (with final vowel changed to i) "sickening" plus kak "a pest, annoyance"
==== noun ====
# a living or quasiliving entity that brings about disease, a pathogen
#*bakitiri viri ushumukui il akikak: Bacteria, viruses, and ushumukui are pathogens.
==== adjective ====
# (of living things) that brings about disease
#*baktiri akikak: harmful bacteria
==== verb ====
# (of living but impersonal things) brings about disease, makes someone sick
#*akikak e' viri ha pauiw. Viruses bring about disease in humans.
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