kava
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English
Etymology
From Tongan kava, in turn from Proto-Polynesian *kawa.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /kɑː.və/
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Particularly: "someone native to the South Pacific") - Rhymes: -ɑːvə
Noun
kava (countable and uncountable, plural kavas)
- A plant from the South Pacific, Piper methysticum.
- 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.
Alternative forms
Translations
the plant Piper methysticum
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intoxicating beverage made from the kava plant
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See also
Czech
Etymology
Back-formation from kavka, from Proto-Slavic *kavъka.
Pronunciation
Noun
kava f
Declension
Declension of kava (hard feminine)
Further reading
- “kava”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
Esperanto
Etymology
Pronunciation
Adjective
kava (accusative singular kavan, plural kavaj, accusative plural kavajn)
Faroese
Pronunciation
Verb
kava (third person singular past indicative kavaði, third person plural past indicative kavaðu, supine kavað)
Conjugation
1Only the past participle being declined.
Finnish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
kava
Declension
| Inflection of kava (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
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| nominative | kava | kavat | |
| genitive | kavan | kavojen | |
| partitive | kavaa | kavoja | |
| illative | kavaan | kavoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | kava | kavat | |
| accusative | nom. | kava | kavat |
| gen. | kavan | ||
| genitive | kavan | kavojen kavain rare | |
| partitive | kavaa | kavoja | |
| inessive | kavassa | kavoissa | |
| elative | kavasta | kavoista | |
| illative | kavaan | kavoihin | |
| adessive | kavalla | kavoilla | |
| ablative | kavalta | kavoilta | |
| allative | kavalle | kavoille | |
| essive | kavana | kavoina | |
| translative | kavaksi | kavoiksi | |
| abessive | kavatta | kavoitta | |
| instructive | — | kavoin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
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Synonyms
Derived terms
compounds
Anagrams
French
Noun
kava m (plural kavas)
Further reading
- “kava”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Ido
Adjective
kava
Derived terms
Italian
Noun
kava f (plural kave)
Japanese
Romanization
kava
Lithuanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Polish kawa, from Ottoman Turkish قهوه (kahve), from Arabic قَهْوَة (qahwa).
Pronunciation
Noun
kavà f (plural kãvos) stress pattern 4
Declension
| singular (vienaskaita) |
plural (daugiskaita) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (vardininkas) | kavà | kãvos |
| genitive (kilmininkas) | kavõs | kavų̃ |
| dative (naudininkas) | kãvai | kavóms |
| accusative (galininkas) | kãvą | kavàs |
| instrumental (įnagininkas) | kavà | kavomi̇̀s |
| locative (vietininkas) | kavojè | kavosè |
| vocative (šauksmininkas) | kãva | kãvos |
Norwegian Bokmål
Verb
kava
- simple past and past participle of kave
Alternative forms
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
Alternative forms
- kave (e infinitive)
Verb
kava (present tense kavar, past tense kava, past participle kava, passive infinitive kavast, present participle kavande, imperative kava/kav)
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
kava n
References
- “kava” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قهوه (kahve) (Turkish kahve), from Arabic قَهْوَة (qahwa).
Pronunciation
Noun
kàva f (Cyrillic spelling ка̀ва)
Declension
Slovene
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قهوه (kahve) (Turkish kahve), from Arabic قَهْوَة (qahwa).
Pronunciation
Noun
káva f
- coffee (beverage)
Declension
| The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks. |
Further reading
- “kava”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025
Tongan
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *kawa.
Pronunciation
Adjective
kava
Noun
kava
Descendants
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