kahawa

Maranao

Alternative forms
  • kahaoa

Etymology

From Malay kahwa, from Arabic قَهْوَة (qahwa).

Noun

kahawa

  1. coffee

References
  • Howard P. McKaughan, Batua A. Macaraya (1967) A Maranao Dictionary‎ (overall work in Maranao and English), University of Hawaii Press

Swahili
kahawa

Etymology

From Arabic قَهْوَة (qahwa).[1]

Pronunciation
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Noun

kahawa (n class, no plural)

  1. coffee (drink)

Derived terms

See also
  • buni (“coffee berry”)
  • mbuni (“coffee plant”)

References
  1. Brook, Zev (2022) “Which Arabic Dialect Are Swahili Words From?”, in Studia Orientalia Electronica‎, volume 10, number 1, page 4 of 1-10: “Swahili borrows /q/ as /k/, usually forces open syllables where possible (so kahawa ‘coffee’)”

Tausug

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay kahwa, from Arabic قَهْوَة (qahwa).

Noun

kahawa

  1. coffee

Derived terms
  • pagkahawahan (“coffee shop”)

Yakan

Etymology

From Malay kahwa, from Arabic قَهْوَة (qahwa).

Noun

kahawa

  1. coffee
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