different between kava vs kaval

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /k??.v?/
• Rhymes: -??v?

Noun

kava (countable and uncountable, plural kavas)

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

Translations

Alternative forms

• ava
• yava

Esperanto

Etymology

From kavo (“cave, cavity, hollow, pit”) +? -a.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kava/
• Hyphenation: ka?va

Adjective

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

1. hollow, concave

Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k??a?va/
• Rhymes: -?a?va
• Homophone: kavað

Verb

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

1. to snow
2. to dive

Conjugation

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k???/, [?k???]
• Rhymes: -???
• Syllabification: ka?va

Noun

kava

1. A spokeshave.

Declension

Synonyms

• kavahöylä

Anagrams

• vaka

Ido

Adjective

kava

1. sunken, hollow

Derived terms

• kavajo

Italian

Noun

kava f (plural kave)

1. kava

   Synonym: cava

Japanese

Romanization

kava

1. R?maji transcription of ???

Lithuanian

Noun

kava f

1. coffee

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

kava

1. simple past and past participle of kave

Alternative forms

• kavet
• kavde (simple past)
• kavd (past participle)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse kafa.

Alternative forms

• kave (e infinitive)

Verb

kava (present tense kavar, past tense kava, past participle kava, passive infinitive kavast, present participle kavande, imperative kav)

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Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

kava n

1. definite plural of kav

References

• “kava” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish ????? (kahve) (Turkish kahve), from Arabic ???????? (qahwa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??a/
• Hyphenation: ka?va

Noun

kàva f (Cyrillic spelling ?????)

1. coffee

Declension

Synonyms

• kafa
• kahva

Slovene

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish ????? (kahve) (Turkish kahve), from Arabic ???????? (qahwa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kà??a/

Noun

káva f

1. coffee (beverage)

Inflection

Tongan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *kawa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.va/

Adjective

kava

1. bitter

Noun

kava

1. kava

Descendants

• ? English: kava
• ? Italian: kava
• ? Japanese: ??? (kava)

English

Noun

kaval (plural kavals)

1. (music) A chromatic end-blown flute of Asia and eastern Europe.

Anagrams

• Valka

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kavala.

Adjective

kaval (genitive kavala, partitive kavalat)

1. treacherous, deceitful, sly, cunning