'ava
See also: ava, Ava, avá, āva, -ava, and åvå
English
Noun
'ava (uncountable)
- Alternative form of kava
Rapa Nui
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *kawa (“kava”). Cognates include Hawaiian ʻawa and Maori kawa.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʔa.va/
- Hyphenation: 'a‧va
Noun
'ava
- liquor
References
- Paulus Kieviet (2017) A grammar of Rapa Nui, Berlin: Language Science Press, →ISBN, page 29
Samoan
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *kawa.
Noun
'ava
- kava