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kahawa

Maranao edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Malay kahwa, from Arabic قَهْوَة (qahwa).

Noun edit

kahawa

  1. coffee

References edit

  • Howard P. McKaughan, Batua A. Macaraya (1967) A Maranao Dictionary‎[2] (overall work in Maranao and English), University of Hawaii Press

Swahili edit

 
kahawa
 
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Etymology edit

From Arabic قَهْوَة (qahwa).[1]

Pronunciation edit

  • Audio (Kenya)(file)

Noun edit

kahawa (n class, no plural)

  1. coffee (drink)

Derived terms edit

See also edit

  • buni (“coffee berry”)
  • mbuni (“coffee plant”)

References edit

  1. ^ Brook, Zev (2022) “Which Arabic Dialect Are Swahili Words From?”, in Studia Orientalia Electronica‎[1], volume 10, number 1, page 4 of 1-10: “Swahili borrows /q/ as /k/, usually forces open syllables where possible (so kahawa ‘coffee’)”

Tausug edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Malay kahwa, from Arabic قَهْوَة (qahwa).

Noun edit

kahawa

  1. coffee

Derived terms edit

Yakan edit

Etymology edit

From Malay kahwa, from Arabic قَهْوَة (qahwa).

Noun edit

kahawa

  1. coffee
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