yagona

English

Alternative forms

• yaqona (Fiji)

Etymology

From Fijian yaqona.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jɑˈɡoʊnə/

Noun

yagona (usually uncountable, plural yagonas)

1. (chiefly in the Pacific islands) The kava plant.
2. (chiefly in the Pacific islands) The drink made from the kava plant.
   • 2003, Migration in the Asia Pacific: Population, Settlement and Citizenship Issues‎^[1], page 380:

     Indo-Fijians have taken to drinking yagona or kava, the traditional drink in Fiji.

Anagrams

• Nagoya

Uzbek

Etymology

Inherited from Chagatai یَگانه, from Classical Persian یَگَانَه (yagāna).

Adjective

Other scripts
Cyrillic	ягона‍
Latin	‍
Perso-Arabic

yagona (comparative yagonaroq, superlative eng yagona)

1. only, sole

Derived terms

• yagonalik