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English

Noun

kawa (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of kava

Anagrams

• Waka, waka

Cebuano

Etymology

Probably from Malay kawah.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ka?wa

Noun

kawa

1. A large wok.

Related terms

• kaha, kalaha

Dibabawon Manobo

Noun

kawà

1. large iron pot

French

Pronunciation

Noun

kawa m (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of caoua, meaning coffee
2. (Piper methysticum) kava

   Synonym: kava

3. kava, beverage made from Piper methysticum.

   Synonym: kava

Further reading

• “kawa” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Hiligaynon

Noun

káwà

1. boiler

Japanese

Romanization

kawa

1. R?maji transcription of ??

Karao

Noun

kawa

1. middle; halfway

Kayapó

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ka?wa]

Etymology

From Proto-Northern Jê *kacû (“mortar”).

Noun

kawa

1. mortar

Lubuagan Kalinga

Noun

kawa

1. spider (large)

Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *kawa.

Adjective

kawa

1. sour

Noun

kawa

1. a ceremony to remove tapu from a new house or canoe
2. karakia (“ritual chants”) and customs for the opening of new houses, canoes and other events
3. marae protocol - customs of the marae and wharenui, particularly those related to formal activities such as p?hiri, speeches and mihimihi
4. acid
5. bitterness

Usage notes

The sense "marae protocol" seems to be a modern extension of the word.

Verb

kawa

1. to perform the kawa ceremony, open a new house

References

• “kawa” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori-English, English-Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, ?ISBN.

Polish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ka.va/

Noun

kawa f (diminutive kawka or kawcia or kawunia or kawusia)

1. coffee

Declension

Derived terms

• (nouns) kawiarnia, kawowiec, kawosz, kawoszka, kawiarz, kawiara, kawiarka, kawiarniczka
• (noun phrases) kawa po irlandzku, kawa po turecku, kawa po wiede?sku, kawa rozpuszczalna, kawa zbo?owa
• (adjective) kawowy

Related terms

• (nouns) kawiarenka, kawiareczka
• (adjective) kawiarniany

Further reading

• kawa in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• kawa in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Swahili

Pronunciation

Verb

-kawa (infinitive kukawa)

1. delay, be late, tarry

Derived terms

• Verbal derivations:
  • Applicative: -kawia
  • Causative: -kawisha

Conjugation

Tagalog

Noun

kawa

1. large caldron; large boiler or kettle

Synonyms

• kaldero
• talyasi

English

Verb

kaw (third-person singular simple present kaws, present participle kawing, simple past and past participle kawed)

1. Alternative form of caw

Noun

kaw (plural kaws)

1. Alternative form of caw
   • 2013, Guenther Witzany, Biocommunication of Animals (page 197)

     Over half of the crows anticipated the feeder, and peered in the window of the building from whence the crow feeder would emerge prior to a feeding session. A majority also called loudly with a short staccato sequence of 3–5 kaws at the start of the feeding session.

Anagrams

• Kwa, awk

Alangan

Pronoun

kaw

1. you (singular)

Anguthimri

Noun

kaw

1. (Mpakwithi) lice

References

• Terry Crowley, The Mpakwithi dialect of Anguthimri (1981), page 186

Southern Ohlone

Noun

kaw

1. seashore

Sranan Tongo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaw/

Etymology 1

From English cow.

Noun

kaw

1. cow

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Dutch kauwen.

Verb

kaw

1. to chew, to masticate

Derived terms

• kawkaw

White Hmong

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka???/

Etymology 1

Verb

kaw

1. to close; to shut.

Synonyms

• qe

Etymology 2

Noun

kaw

1. saw.

Verb

kaw

1. to saw.

References

• Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary?^[1], SEAP Publications, ?ISBN.

Wolof

Noun

kaw

1. village, countryside