Etymology

kawa

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Māori kawa
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kawa · noun1

  1. Māori · borrowed fromkawa
  2. Māori · borrowed fromkawa
  3. English todaykawa

Borrowed from Māori kawa.

Kawa · proper noun2

  1. Japanese · borrowed fromかわ
  2. Proto-Slavic · derived from*kavъka
  3. Polish · borrowed fromKawa
  4. English todayKawa

* From Polish Kawa, from kawa (“jackdaw”), a back-formation from kawka (“jackdaw”), from Proto-Slavic *kavъka. Alternatively, from kawa (“coffee”). * From Japanese かわ.

Words from the same roots

PolishKawa all →

kava

Proto-Slavic*kavъka all →

kavaKafka

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