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See also: Kawa, káwa, kawá, kawą, and Kawą

English

Etymology 1

Noun

kawa (uncountable)

  1. Alternative form of kava

Etymology 2

From Maori .

Noun

kawa (uncountable)

  1. Maori customs and protocol.

Anagrams

Cebuano

Etymology

Probably from Malay kawah.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ka‧wa

Noun

kawa

  1. a large wok

Dibabawon Manobo

Noun

kawà

  1. large iron pot

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ka.wa/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

kawa m (uncountable)

  1. Alternative spelling of caoua: coffee
  2. Piper methysticum (kava)
    Synonym: kava
  3. kava, beverage made from Piper methysticum
    Synonym: kava

Further reading

Hiligaynon

Noun

káwà

  1. boiler

Japanese

Romanization

kawa

  1. Rōmaji transcription of かわ

Karao

Noun

kawa

  1. middle; halfway

Kashubian

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish kawa

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈka.va/
  • Rhymes: -ava
  • Syllabification: ka‧wa

Noun

kawa f (diminutive kôwka or kawulka or kawuszka)

  1. coffee

Declension

Further reading

  • Jan Trepczyk (1994) “kawa”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2
  • Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “kawa”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi
  • kawa”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

Kayapó

Etymology

From Proto-Northern Jê *kacû (mortar).

Pronunciation

Noun

kawa

  1. mortar

Lubuagan Kalinga

Noun

kawa

  1. spider (large)

Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *kawa (cognates include Hawaiian ʻawa, Tongan kava and Samoan ʻava)[1][2] from Proto-Oceanic *kawaʀ (potent root) metathesis of Proto-Oceanic *wakaʀ (root), thus doublet of aka. Sense of plant lost with species introduced to Aotearoa dying out due to its cold climate.[3] Sense of "marae protocol" seems to be a modern extension.

Pronunciation

Adjective

kawa

  1. sour

Noun

kawa

  1. a ceremony to remove tapu from a new house or canoe
  2. karakia (ritual chants) and customs for the opening of new houses, canoes and other events
  3. marae protocol - customs of the marae and wharenui, particularly those related to formal activities such as pōhiri, speeches and mihimihi
  4. acid
  5. bitterness
  6. (obsolete) kava, plant brought by ancestors from the South Pacific, Piper methysticum.

Verb

kawa

  1. to perform the kawa ceremony, open a new house

References

  1. ^ Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary, Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, page 139
  2. ^ Kawa, Kawakawa”, in Te Māra Reo, Benson Family Trust, 2023
  3. ^ Crowley, Terry, Pawley, Andrew, Ross, Malcolm (1994) “Proto who drank kava?”, in Austronesian terminologies: Continuity and change, Canberra: Dept. of Linguistics, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University, page 95

Further reading

  • kawa” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

Polish

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Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Internationalism; compare Hungarian kávé, Serbo-Croatian kava, Turkish kahve, ultimately from Ottoman Turkish قهوه (kahve). Doublet of café.

Noun

kawa f (diminutive kawka or kawcia or kawunia or kawusia, related adjective kawowy)

  1. (uncountable) coffee (beverage made by infusing the beans of the coffee plant in hot water)
    1. (countable) coffee (serving of this beverage)
    2. (countable) coffee (act of drinking this beverage)
  2. (countable) coffee (any plant of the genus Coffea)
    Synonym: kawowiec
  3. (countable) coffee (seeds of the plant used to make coffee, called “beans” due to their shape)
  4. (countable) coffee-like beverage made from grains, seeds, or roots of various plants
  5. (countable) coffee (short social gathering where coffee is served)
Declension
Derived terms
adverbs
nouns
adjectives
nouns
Descendants
  • Yiddish: קאַווע (kave)

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Polish *kawa.

Noun

kawa f

  1. (obsolete or dialectal) jackdaw (any corvid of the genus Coloeus)
    Synonym: kawka
Declension

Further reading

  • kawa in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • kawa in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • kawa in PWN's encyclopedia

Swahili

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

-kawa (infinitive kukawa)

  1. to delay, be late, tarry
Conjugation
Conjugation of -kawa
Positive present -nakawa
Subjunctive -kawe
Negative -kawi
Imperative singular kawa
Infinitives
Positive kukawa
Negative kutokawa
Imperatives
Singular kawa
Plural kaweni
Tensed forms
Habitual hukawa
Positive past positive subject concord + -likawa
Negative past negative subject concord + -kukawa
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nakawa)
Singular Plural
1st person ninakawa/nakawa tunakawa
2nd person unakawa mnakawa
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anakawa wanakawa
other classes positive subject concord + -nakawa
Negative present (negative subject concord + -kawi)
Singular Plural
1st person sikawi hatukawi
2nd person hukawi hamkawi
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hakawi hawakawi
other classes negative subject concord + -kawi
Positive future positive subject concord + -takawa
Negative future negative subject concord + -takawa
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -kawe)
Singular Plural
1st person nikawe tukawe
2nd person ukawe mkawe
3rd person m-wa(I/II) akawe wakawe
other classes positive subject concord + -kawe
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sikawe
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngekawa
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singekawa
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalikawa
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalikawa
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -akawa)
Singular Plural
1st person nakawa twakawa
2nd person wakawa mwakawa
3rd person m-wa(I/II) akawa wakawa
m-mi(III/IV) wakawa yakawa
ji-ma(V/VI) lakawa yakawa
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chakawa vyakawa
n(IX/X) yakawa zakawa
u(XI) wakawa see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwakawa
pa(XVI) pakawa
mu(XVIII) mwakawa
Perfect positive subject concord + -mekawa
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshakawa
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jakawa
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kikawa
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipokawa
Consecutive kakawa / positive subject concord + -kakawa
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kakawe
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nikawa -tukawa
2nd person -kukawa -wakawa/-kukaweni/-wakaweni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mkawa -wakawa
m-mi(III/IV) -ukawa -ikawa
ji-ma(V/VI) -likawa -yakawa
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kikawa -vikawa
n(IX/X) -ikawa -zikawa
u(XI) -ukawa see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kukawa
pa(XVI) -pakawa
mu(XVIII) -mukawa
Reflexive -jikawa
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -kawa- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -kawaye -kawao
m-mi(III/IV) -kawao -kawayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -kawalo -kawayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kawacho -kawavyo
n(IX/X) -kawayo -kawazo
u(XI) -kawao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kawako
pa(XVI) -kawapo
mu(XVIII) -kawamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -kawa)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yekawa -okawa
m-mi(III/IV) -okawa -yokawa
ji-ma(V/VI) -lokawa -yokawa
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chokawa -vyokawa
n(IX/X) -yokawa -zokawa
u(XI) -okawa see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kokawa
pa(XVI) -pokawa
mu(XVIII) -mokawa
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

kawa class V (plural makawa class VI)

  1. cover (of food)

Tagalog

Pronunciation

Noun

kawa (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜏ)

  1. large caldron; large boiler or kettle
    Synonyms: kaldero, talyasi

Anagrams