kahawa

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Maranao

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Malay kahwa, from Arabic قَهْوَة (qahwa).

Noun

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kahawa

  1. coffee

References

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  • Howard P. McKaughan, Batua A. Macaraya (1967) A Maranao Dictionary‎[2] (overall work in Maranao and English), University of Hawaii Press

Swahili

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kahawa
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Etymology

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From Arabic قَهْوَة (qahwa).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Noun

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kahawa (n class, no plural)

  1. coffee (drink)

Derived terms

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See also

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  • buni (“coffee berry”)
  • mbuni (“coffee plant”)

References

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  1. ^ Brook, Zev (2022) “Which Arabic Dialect Are Swahili Words From?”, in Studia Orientalia Electronica‎[1], volume 10, number 1, page 4 of 1-10: “Swahili borrows /q/ as /k/, usually forces open syllables where possible (so kahawa ‘coffee’)”

Tausug

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Malay kahwa, from Arabic قَهْوَة (qahwa).

Noun

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kahawa

  1. coffee

Derived terms

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Yakan

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Etymology

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From Malay kahwa, from Arabic قَهْوَة (qahwa).

Noun

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kahawa

  1. coffee
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