kawa

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

English

Etymology 1

Noun

kawa (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of kava

Etymology 2

From Maori [Term?].

Noun

kawa (uncountable)

1. Maori customs and protocol.

Anagrams

• Waka, waka

Cebuano

Etymology

Probably from Malay kawah.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ka‧wa

Noun

kawa

1. a large wok

Related terms

• kaha, kalaha

Dibabawon Manobo

Noun

kawà

1. large iron pot

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.wa/

• Audio:

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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

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

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): /ˈkava/
• Rhymes: -ava
• Syllabification: ka‧wa

Noun

kawa f (diminutive kôwka or kawulka or kawuszka)

1. coffee

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	kawa	kawë
genitive	kawë	kaw/kawów
dative	kawie	kawóm
accusative	kawã	kawë
instrumental	kawą	kawama
locative	kawie	kawach
vocative	kawa/kawò	kawë

Declension of kawa

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

• IPA^(key): [kaˈwa]

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈka.wa/, [ˈkɐ.wɐ]

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

Related terms

• kawakawa

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

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

kawa

Wikipedia ^pl

kawa sense 1

kawa sense 2

kawa sense 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈka.va/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ava
• Syllabification: ka‧wa
• Homophone: Kawa

Etymology 1

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

Noun

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

2. (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)
4. (countable) coffee (any plant of the genus Coffea)

   Synonym: kawowiec

6. (countable) coffee (seeds of the plant used to make coffee, called ‘beans’ due to their shape)
7. (countable) coffee-like beverage made from grains, seeds, or roots of various plants
8. (countable) short social gathering where coffee is served

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	kawa	kawy
genitive	kawy	kaw
dative	kawie	kawom
accusative	kawę	kawy
instrumental	kawą	kawami
locative	kawie	kawach
vocative	kawo	kawy

Declension of kawa

Derived terms

adverbs

• kawa na ławę

 

nouns

• biała kawa
• czarna kawa
• kawa po irlandzku
• kawa po turecku
• kawa po wiedeńsku
• kawa rozpuszczalna
• kawa zbożowa
• kawiara
• kawiarka
• kawiarnia
• kawiarniczka
• kawiarz
• kawosz
• kawoszka
• kawowiec

 

Related terms

adjectives

• kawiarniany

 

nouns

• kawiareczka
• kawiarenka

 

Descendants

• → Yiddish: קאַווע (kave)

Etymology 2

Back-formation from kawka.

Noun

kawa f

1. (obsolete or dialectal) jackdaw (any corvid of the genus Coloeus)

   Synonym: kawka

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	kawa	kawy
genitive	kawy	kaw
dative	kawie	kawom
accusative	kawę	kawy
instrumental	kawą	kawami
locative	kawie	kawach
vocative	kawo	kawy

Declension of kawa

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

• Audio (Kenya):

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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

• Verbal derivations:
  • Applicative: -kawia
  • Causative: -kawisha

Etymology 2

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

Noun

kawa (ma class, plural makawa)

1. cover (of food)

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈkawa/ [ˈkaː.wɐ]
• Rhymes: -awa
• Syllabification: ka‧wa

Noun

kawa (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜏ)

1. large caldron; large boiler or kettle

   Synonyms: kaldero, talyasi

Anagrams

• waak, awak