kawa

Meaning

1. coffee (beverage made by infusing the beans of the coffee plant in hot water)
2. coffee (beverage made by infusing the beans of the coffee plant in hot water)
3. coffee (any plant of the genus Coffea)
4. coffee (seeds of the plant used to make coffee, called ‘beans’ due to their shape)
5. coffee-like beverage made from grains, seeds, or roots of various plants
6. short social gathering where coffee is served

Hyphenated as

ka‧wa

Gender

♀️ Feminine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈka.va/

Etymology

table
Internationalism; compare Hungarian kávé, Serbo-Croatian kava, Turkish kahve, ultimately from Ottoman Turkish قهوه (kahve), from Arabic قَهْوَة (qahwa). Doublet of café.