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^[1]:

     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 (in Czech)

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈkava/

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• Rhymes: -ava
• 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
• Hyphenation^(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

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

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)

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.

Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing.	káva
gen. sing.	káve
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	káva	kávi	káve
genitive (rodȋlnik)	káve	káv	káv
dative (dajȃlnik)	kávi	kávama	kávam
accusative (tožȋlnik)	kávo	kávi	káve
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	kávi	kávah	kávah
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	kávo	kávama	kávami

• “kava”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025

From Proto-Polynesian *kawa.

• IPA^(key): /ka.va/

kava

1. bitter

kava

1. kava

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