kawe

See also: kawè and kawę

Central Malay

Alternative forms

• kawo (Lintang)

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

• ambik kawe
• kawe Manak
• kawe padang
• kaweghan
• ngiruh kawe

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

Crimean Tatar

Noun

kawe

1. (Romania) coffee

References

• Murat, Taner (2011), “kawe”, in Dicționar tătar crimean – român / Kîrîm Tatarşa – Kazakşa Sózlík [Crimean Tatar – Romanian dictionary]‎^[5], Charleston: CreateSpace, page 207c

Kapampangan

Verb

káwe

1. (Súlat Wáwâ) alternative form of kaue

Māori

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkawe/ [ˈkɐwɛ]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *kawe, from Proto-Central Pacific *kawe, from Proto-Oceanic *k(ʷ)awe (“to carry, to carry away”), from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *kawit, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *kawit, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kawit, from Proto-Austronesian *kawit. Cognates include Hawaiian ʻawe, Samoan ʻave, Rarotongan kave and Tongan kave.

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
• kawenga
• kawerapa
• kawereo

Etymology 2

From Proto-Polynesian *kawe, from Proto-Central Pacific *kawe, from Proto-Oceanic *kawe, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *gaway, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *gaway, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *gaway. Cognates include Tongan kave, Tahitian ʻave and Samoan ʻave.

Noun

kawe

1. tentacle

   Synonyms: kāwai, kawekawe

2. spiral moko pattern on one's facial cheeks

Further reading

• Williams, Herbert William (1917), “kawe”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, page 130
• John C. Moorfield (2011), “kawe”, in Te Aka: Māori–English, English–Māori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, →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^[6], Pacific linguistics