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· Proto-Polynesian
*kawa
2 English words descend from Proto-Polynesian
*kawa
, most common first.
kava
Any member of the species Piper methysticum, a plant from the South Pacific.
awapuhi
Zingiber zerumbet, a plant in the ginger family.