'ava

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English[edit]

Noun[edit]

'ava (uncountable)

  1. Alternative form of kava

Rapa Nui[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Polynesian *kawa (kava). Cognates include Hawaiian ʻawa and Maori kawa.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈʔa.va/
  • Hyphenation: 'a‧va

Noun[edit]

'ava

  1. liquor

References[edit]

  • Paulus Kieviet (2017) A grammar of Rapa Nui[1], Berlin: Language Science Press, →ISBN, page 29

Samoan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Polynesian *kawa.

Noun[edit]

'ava

  1. kava