Reconstruction:Proto-Oceanic/kawaʀ
Proto-Oceanic
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wakaʀ (metathesis).
Noun
edit*kawaʀ
- potent root (root of a plant with strong properties: e.g. ginger)
- kava plant, Piper methysticum
- kava, an intoxicating beverage made from the kava plant
Descendants
edit- Southern Oceanic
- Central Pacific
- Polynesian
- Proto-Polynesian: *kawa (see there for further descendants)
- Polynesian
Related terms
editReferences
edit- Lynch, John (2002) “Potent roots and the origin of kava”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 41, number 2, , pages 493–513
- See p.478, 495 of: François, Alexandre. 2005. Unraveling the history of the vowels of seventeen north Vanuatu languages. Oceanic Linguistics, 44 (2), pp.443‒504. ⟨halshs-00524988⟩ →DOI
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