kava

From Tongan kava, in turn from Proto-Polynesian *kawa.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /kɑː.və/

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  Particularly: "someone native to the South Pacific")
• Rhymes: -ɑːvə

kava (countable and uncountable, plural kavas)

1. A plant from the South Pacific, Piper methysticum.
2. An intoxicating beverage made from the kava plant.
   • 2022 December 16, Amy Remeikis, “‘I went cross-eyed’: Australia’s former deputy PM taken to hospital after drinking entire bowl of kava”, in The Guardian‎:

     The Nationals MP suffered the consequences of drinking an entire shell of sakau – a traditional Micronesian kava with sedative qualities made from the root of the pepper plant – in one hit, thinking it was similar to South Pacific kava. […] While not alcoholic, sakau – like other kavas served throughout the Pacific region – is known for its narcotic sedative effect.

• ava
• yava

Back-formation from kavka, from Proto-Slavic *kavъka.

• IPA^(key): [ˈkava]

kava f

1. (obsolete) Alternative form of kavka (“jackdaw”)

• kava in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu

From kavo (“cave, cavity, hollow, pit”) +‎ -a.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkava/

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• Hyphenation: ka‧va

kava (accusative singular kavan, plural kavaj, accusative plural kavajn)

1. hollow, concave

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʰɛaːva/
• Rhymes: -ɛaːva
• Homophone: kavað

kava (third person singular past indicative kavaði, third person plural past indicative kavaðu, supine kavað)

1. to snow
2. to dive

From Swedish skava.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑʋɑ/, [ˈkɑ̝ʋɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑʋɑ
• Syllabification^(key): ka‧va

kava

1. spokeshave

• kavahöylä

• vaka

kava m (plural kavas)

1. kava

• “kava”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

kava

1. sunken, hollow

• kavajo

kava f (plural kave)

1. kava

   Synonym: cava

kava

1. Rōmaji transcription of カヴァ

kavà f (plural kãvos) stress pattern 4

1. coffee

kava

1. simple past and past participle of kave

• kavet
• kavde (simple past)
• kavd (past participle)

From Old Norse kafa.

• kave (e infinitive)

kava (present tense kavar, past tense kava, past participle kava, passive infinitive kavast, present participle kavande, imperative kava/kav)

1. to flail, strike (air, water)
2. to snatch (etter / at)
3. to paw, scrape
4. to struggle, toil
5. to flounder

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

kava n

1. definite plural of kav

• “kava” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قهوه (kahve) (Turkish kahve), from Arabic قَهْوَة (qahwa).

• IPA^(key): /kǎʋa/
• Hyphenation: ka‧va

kàva f (Cyrillic spelling ка̀ва)

1. coffee

   Synonyms: kafa, kahva

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قهوه (kahve) (Turkish kahve), from Arabic قَهْوَة (qahwa).

• IPA^(key): /kàːʋa/

káva f

1. coffee (beverage)

• “kava”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

From Proto-Polynesian *kawa.

• IPA^(key): /ka.va/

kava

1. bitter

kava

1. kava

• → English: kava
• → Italian: kava
• → Japanese: カヴァ (kava)