kava

== English == === Etymology === From Tongan kava, in turn from Proto-Polynesian *kawa. Doublet of ʻawa, ava, kawa, and yava. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /kɑː.və/ (This entry needs an audio pronunciation. If you are a native speaker with a microphone, please record this word. The recorded pronunciation will appear here when it's ready.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. ==== Alternative forms ==== ava kawa (from cognates in other languages:) ʻawa, yava ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === See also === == Czech == === Etymology === Back-formation from kavka, from Proto-Slavic *kavъka. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈkava] === Noun === kava f (obsolete) alternative form of kavka (“jackdaw”) ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “kava”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech) == Esperanto == === Etymology === From kavo (“cave, cavity, hollow, pit”) + -a. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkava/ Rhymes: -ava Syllabification: ka‧va === Adjective === kava (accusative singular kavan, plural kavaj, accusative plural kavajn) hollow, concave === Further reading === “kava”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN “kava”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026 == Faroese == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkʰɛaːva/ Rhymes: -ɛaːva Homophone: kavað === Verb === kava (third person singular past indicative kavaði, third person plural past indicative kavaðu, supine kavað) to snow to dive ==== Conjugation ==== == Finnish == === Etymology === From Swedish skava. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkɑʋɑ/, [ˈkɑ̝ʋɑ̝] Rhymes: -ɑʋɑ Syllabification(key): ka‧va Hyphenation(key): ka‧va === Noun === kava spokeshave ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== kavahöylä ==== Derived terms ==== === Anagrams === vaka == French == === Pronunciation === === Noun === kava m (plural kavas) kava === Further reading === “kava”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Ido == === Adjective === kava sunken, hollow ==== Derived terms ==== kavajo == Italian == === Noun === kava f (plural kave) kava Synonym: cava == Japanese == === Romanization === kava Rōmaji transcription of カヴァ == Lithuanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Polish kawa, from Ottoman Turkish قهوه (kahve), from Arabic قَهْوَة (qahwa). === Pronunciation === === Noun === kavà f (plural kãvos) stress pattern 4 coffee ==== Declension ==== == Norwegian Bokmål == === Verb === kava simple past and past participle of kave ==== Alternative forms ==== kavet kavde (simple past) kavd (past participle) == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology 1 === From Old Norse kafa. ==== 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) to flail, strike (air, water) to snatch (etter / at) to paw, scrape to struggle, toil to flounder === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Noun ==== kava n definite plural of kav === References === “kava” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Serbo-Croatian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قهوه (kahve) (Turkish kahve), from Arabic قَهْوَة (qahwa). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kǎʋa/ Hyphenation: ka‧va === Noun === kàva f (Cyrillic spelling ка̀ва) coffee Synonyms: kafa, kahva ==== Declension ==== == Slovene == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قهوه (kahve) (Turkish kahve), from Arabic قَهْوَة (qahwa). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kàːʋa/ === Noun === káva f coffee (beverage) ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “kava”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2026 == Tongan == === Etymology === From Proto-Polynesian *kawa, from Proto-Oceanic *kawaʀ (“potent root”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ka.va/ === Adjective === kava bitter === Noun === kava kava ==== Descendants ==== → English: kava → Italian: kava → Japanese: カヴァ (kava)