Standard Lemma guide
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name
Alternative form of Ava (“Burmese city”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
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name
A city in Tokushima Prefecture, Japan.
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name
a Kainantu language spoken in Papua New Guinea.
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Topics: human-sciences, language, linguistics, sciences
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noun
Kava, specifically Piper methysticum.
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Usage: uncountable
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noun
An intoxicating drink made from the kava plant, typically the root.
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Usage: uncountable
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History
Borrowed from Japanese 阿波 (Awa).
Etymology tree Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wakaʀ Proto-Oceanic *kawaʀ Proto-Polynesian *kawa Hawaiian ʻawabor. English awa Borrowed from Hawaiian ʻawa.
Across languages
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