kawe

See also: kawè and kawę

Central Malay

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic قَهْوَة (qahwa, “coffee”).

Pronunciation

  • (Besemah) IPA(key): /kaˈwa/, [kaˈwɨ]

Noun

kawe

  1. (Besemah, Semende) coffee (a beverage made by infusing the beans of the coffee plant in hot water)
    Synonym: kupi (Serawai, Ogan)
  2. (Besemah, Semende) coffee bean
    Synonym: kupi (Serawai, Ogan)

Derived terms

Further reading

  • Sutiono Mahdi (2014) “kawe”, in Kamus bahasa Besemah–Indonesia–Inggris [Besemah–Indonesian–English dictionary] (in Central Malay), Jatinangor: Unpad Press, page 167

Chamicuro

Etymology

From Spanish café.

Noun

kawe

  1. coffee

Kapampangan

Verb

káwe

  1. (Súlat Wáwâ) alternative form of kaue

Maori

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *kawe₂ (compare with Samoan ʻave).[1][2][3]

Verb

kawe (passive kawea)

  1. to carry, to bring, to bear
    Synonym: waha
  2. to fetch
  3. to convey (of meaning etc.)
  4. (physics) to conduct (heat, energy etc.)
  5. to induce, to influence
  6. to persevere, to persist

Noun

kawe

  1. handle (of a basket etc), strap (of a bag, backpack)
Derived terms
  • kaikawe
  • kawekawe
  • kawerapa
  • kawereo
  • kawenga

References

  1. ^ Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary‎[1], Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, page 184
  2. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “kawe.2a”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 50, number 2, pages 551-559
  3. ^ Ross, Malcolm D., Pawley, Andrew, Osmond, Meredith (2016) The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volumes 5: People, body and mind, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, page 429

Etymology 2

From Proto-Polynesian *kawe₁ (compare with Tongan kave, Tahitian ʻave, Samoan ʻave)[1] from Proto-Oceanic *kawe from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *gaway (compare with Cebuano gaway).[2][3]

Noun

kawe

  1. tentacle
    Synonyms: kāwai, kawekawe
  2. spiral moko pattern on one's facial cheeks

References

  1. ^ Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary‎[2], Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, page 184
  2. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “kawe.1a”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 50, number 2, pages 551-559
  3. ^ Ross, Malcolm D., Pawley, Andrew, Osmond, Meredith (2011) The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volume 4: Animals, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, page 201

Further reading

  • Williams, Herbert William (1917) “kawe”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, page 130
  • “kawe” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

West Makian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈka.we/

Verb

kawe

  1. (intransitive) to vomit

Conjugation

Conjugation of kawe (action verb)
singular plural
inclusive exclusive
1st person takawe makawe akawe
2nd person nakawe fakawe
3rd person inanimate ikawe dakawe
animate
imperative nakawe, kawe fakawe, kawe

References

  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎[3], Pacific linguistics
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