ꞌava

Rapa Nui

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *kawa (“kava”). Cognates include Hawaiian ʻawa and Māori kawa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʔava/
  • Rhymes: -ava
  • Hyphenation: ꞌa‧va

Noun

ꞌava

  1. liquor

References

  • Diccionario etimológico Rapanui-Español, Valparaíso: Comisión para la Estructuración de la Lengua Rapanui, 2000, →ISBN
  • Paulus Kieviet (2017), A grammar of Rapa Nui‎[1], Berlin: Language Science Press, →ISBN, page 29
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