kava

See also kawa

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Tongan kava, in turn from Proto-Polynesian *kawa

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /kɑː.və/, X-SAMPA: /kA:.v@/
• Rhymes: -ɑːvə

Noun

kava (uncountable)

1. A plant from the South Pacific, Piper methysticum.
2. An intoxicating beverage made from the kava plant.

Translations

the plant Piper methysticum

• Fijian: yaqona
• Japanese: カヴァ (ja) (kava)

• Russian: перец опьяняющий (ru) (pérec op'janjájuščij) m (formal), кава (ru) (káva) f, кава-кава (ru) (kava-káva) f

intoxicating beverage made from the kava plant

• Arabic: كافا (ar) (kaafa) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 卡瓦 (cmn) (kǎwǎ)

• Fijian: yaqona

• Hindi: कावा (hi) (kāvā)
• Japanese: カヴァ (ja) (kava)
• Russian: кава (ru) (káva) f, кава-кава (ru) (kava-káva) f

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Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈkava/
• Hyphenation: ka‧va

Adjective

kava (plural kavaj, accusative singular kavan, accusative plural kavajn)

1. hollow, concave

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Faroese

Verb

kava (third person singular past indicative kavaði, supine kavað)

1. to snow
2. to dive

Conjugation

   Conjugation of kava

kava, v-30
number	singular			plural
person	first	second	third	all
Indicative	eg	tú	hann / hon tað	vit, tit, teir / tær / tey tygum
Present	kavi	kavar	kavar	kava
Past	kavaði	kavaði	kavaði	kavaðu
Imperative		tú		tit
Present	—	kava !	—	kavið !
Infinitive	kava
Pres. part.	kavandi
Past part. a6	kavaður
Supine	kavað

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Finnish

Noun

kava

1. A spokeshave.

Declension

Declension of kava (type kala) singular plural nominative kava kavat genitive kavan kavojen kavain1 partitive kavaa kavoja accusative kava kavan kavat inessive kavassa kavoissa elative kavasta kavoista illative kavaan kavoihin adessive kavalla kavoilla ablative kavalta kavoilta allative kavalle kavoille essive kavana kavoina translative kavaksi kavoiksi instructive – kavoin abessive kavatta kavoitta comitative – kavoineen 1) Rare.

Synonyms

• kavahöylä

Anagrams

• vaka

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Ido

Adjective

kava

1. sunken, hollow

Derived terms

• kavajo
• kavigar

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Italian

Noun

kava f (plural kave)

1. kava

Synonyms

• cava

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Lithuanian

Noun

kava

1. coffee

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Turkish kahve, from Arabic قَهْوَة (qáhwa).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /kâːʋa/
• Hyphenation: ka‧va

Noun

kȃva f (Cyrillic spelling ка̑ва)

1. coffee

Declension

    declension of kava

	singular	plural
nominative	kava	kave
genitive	kave	kava
dative	kavi	kavama
accusative	kavu	kave
vocative	kavo	kave
locative	kavi	kavama
instrumental	kavom	kavama

Synonyms

• kafa
• kahva

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Slovene

Wikipedia ^sl

Noun

kava f

1. coffee (beverage)

Declension

Declension of kava (feminine, a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	kava	kavi	kave
accusative	kavo	kavi	kave
genitive	kave	kav	kav
dative	kavi	kavama	kavam
locative	kavi	kavah	kavah
instrumental	kavo	kavama	kavami

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Tongan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *kawa

Adjective

kava

1. bitter

Noun

kava

1. kava