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Chamicuro
Etymology
From Spanish café.
Noun
kawe
- coffee
Kapampangan
Verb
káwe
- (Súlat Wáwâ) Alternative form of kaue
Maori
Etymology 1
From Proto-Polynesian *kawe₂ (compare with Samoan ʻave).[1][2][3]
Verb
kawe (passive kawea)
- to carry, to bring, to bear
- Synonym: waha
- to fetch
- to convey (of meaning etc.)
- (physics) to conduct (heat, energy etc.)
- to induce, to influence
- to persevere, to persist
Noun
kawe
- handle (of a basket etc), strap (of a bag, backpack)
Derived terms
References
- ^ Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary, Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, page 184
- ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “kawe.2a”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
- ^ Ross, Malcolm D., Pawley, Andrew, Osmond, Meredith (2016) The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volumes 5: People, body and mind, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, page 429
Etymology 2
From Proto-Polynesian *kawe₁ (compare with Tongan kave, Tahitian ʻave, Samoan ʻave)[1] from Proto-Oceanic *kawe from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *gaway (compare with Cebuano gaway).[2][3]
Noun
kawe
- tentacle
- Synonyms: kāwai, kawekawe
- spiral moko pattern on one's facial cheeks
References
- ^ Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary, Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, page 184
- ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “kawe.1a”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
- ^ Ross, Malcolm D., Pawley, Andrew, Osmond, Meredith (2011) The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volume 4: Animals, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, page 201
Further reading
- Williams, Herbert William (1917) “kawe”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, page 130
- “kawe” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.
West Makian
Pronunciation
Verb
kawe
- (intransitive) to vomit
Conjugation
References
- Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours, Pacific linguistics