awapuhi

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Hawaiian ʻawapuhi, from Proto-Polynesian *kava-pui from Proto-Polynesian *kawa; doublet of kava and kawakawa via Tongan and Māori respectively.[1]

Noun[edit]

awapuhi (uncountable)

  1. (Hawaii) Zingiber zerumbet, a plant in the ginger family.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Lynch, John (2002) “Potent Roots and the Origin of kava”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 41, number 2, →DOI, pages 493–513
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