kava

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

• (UK) IPA^(key): /kɑː.və/
• 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.

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈkava/
• 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

kava

1. A spokeshave.

• kavahöylä

• vaka

kava

1. sunken, hollow

• kavajo

kava f (plural kave)

1. kava

• cava

kava

1. Rōmaji transcription of カヴァ

kava f

1. coffee

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

kava

1. inflection of kave:
   1. simple past
   2. past participle

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

• kafa
• kahva

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

• IPA^(key): /kàːʋa/

káva f

1. coffee (beverage)

From Proto-Polynesian *kawa

• IPA^(key): /ka.va/

kava

1. bitter

kava

1. kava

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