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kawe

See also: kawè, and kawę

Chamicuro

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Etymology

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From Spanish café.

Noun

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kawe

  1. coffee

Kapampangan

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Verb

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káwe

  1. (Súlat Wáwâ) Alternative form of kaue

Maori

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Polynesian *kawe₂ (compare with Samoan ʻave).[1][2][3]

Verb

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kawe (passive kawea)

  1. to carry, to bring, to bear
    Synonym: waha
  2. to fetch
  3. to convey (of meaning etc.)
  4. (physics) to conduct (heat, energy etc.)
  5. to induce, to influence
  6. to persevere, to persist

Noun

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kawe

  1. handle (of a basket etc), strap (of a bag, backpack)
Derived terms
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References

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  1. ^ Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary‎[1], Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, page 184
  2. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “kawe.2a”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
  3. ^ Ross, Malcolm D., Pawley, Andrew, Osmond, Meredith (2016) The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volumes 5: People, body and mind, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, page 429

Etymology 2

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From Proto-Polynesian *kawe₁ (compare with Tongan kave, Tahitian ʻave, Samoan ʻave)[1] from Proto-Oceanic *kawe from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *gaway (compare with Cebuano gaway).[2][3]

Noun

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kawe

  1. tentacle
    Synonyms: kāwai, kawekawe
  2. spiral moko pattern on one's facial cheeks

References

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  1. ^ Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary‎[2], Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, page 184
  2. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “kawe.1a”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
  3. ^ Ross, Malcolm D., Pawley, Andrew, Osmond, Meredith (2011) The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volume 4: Animals, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, page 201

Further reading

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  • Williams, Herbert William (1917) “kawe”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, page 130
  • “kawe” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

West Makian

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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kawe

  1. (intransitive) to vomit

Conjugation

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Conjugation of kawe (action verb)
singular plural
inclusive exclusive
1st person takawe makawe akawe
2nd person nakawe fakawe
3rd person inanimate ikawe dakawe
animate
imperative nakawe, kawe fakawe, kawe

References

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  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎[3], Pacific linguistics
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