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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Hawaiian ʻawapuhi, from Proto-Polynesian *kava-pui from Proto-Polynesian *kawa; doublet of kava and kawakawa via Tongan and Māori respectively.[1]
Noun
awapuhi (uncountable)
- (Hawaii) Zingiber zerumbet, a plant in the ginger family.
References
- ^ Lynch, John (2002) “Potent Roots and the Origin of kava”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 41, number 2, →DOI, pages 493–513
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