Etymology

kavika

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Fijian kavika ← Proto-Oceanic *kapika
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The story

  1. Proto-Oceanic · derived from*kapika
  2. Fijian · borrowed fromkavika
  3. English todaykavika

Presumably borrowed from Fijian kavika, from Proto-Oceanic *kapika. First attested in 1862.

Words from the same roots

Proto-Oceanic*kapika all →

kahika

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