kavan.

Brit.

/ˈkɑːvə/, U.S.

/ˈkɑvə/

Forms: Also cava, kaava, kawa; also ava phr.

Etymology: South-western Polynesian.

An intoxicating beverage prepared from the macerated (chewed, grated, or pounded) roots of the Polynesian shrub Piper methysticum or Macropiper latifolium (family Piperaceæ). Also, this plant, or its root.

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1817 J. Martin Mariner's Acct. Tonga Islands ix Finow..proposed..to go into this cavern and drink cava.

1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 708/1 The root called by the Polynesians Ava or Kava.

1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 708/1 It appears that Kava has, like tobacco, a calming effect rather than an intoxicating one.

1890 R. L. Stevenson Lett. (1899) II. 2 I hope some day to offer you a bowl of kava there, or a slice of a pineapple.

Compounds

C1. attributive and in other combinations, as kava bowl, kava-drinker, kava-drinking, kava plant, kava root.

1823 Ld. Byron Island ii. ii. 21 Strike up the dance, the cava bowl fill high!

1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 708/2 All the lower classes of whites in Feejee are Kava drinkers.

C2.

kava-ring n. a ceremonious gathering to drink kava.

1870 H. Meade Ride New Zealand 302 When a kava-ring takes place..the time for speaking terminates with the expression of the kava.

Derivatives

ˈkavain n. (also kawain) [ < French kawaïne, German kavahin] Chemistry a crystalline resin occurring in the kava root (Morley & Muir, 1892).

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1865–72 H. Watts Dict. Chem. III. 445 Kawain, a crystallisable non-azotised substance, from Kawa-root.

1881 H. Watts Dict. Chem. 3rd Suppl. 1145 Kawain agrees in many of its properties with cubebin.

1882 Encycl. Brit. XIV. 18 The root [of kava] contains..a neutral crystalline principle discovered in 1844 by Mr. J. R. N. Morsori, and called kavahine.

1887 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Kavahin, Kavaïn, same as Methysticin.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	kava
释义	kavan. Brit. /ˈkɑːvə/, U.S. /ˈkɑvə/ Forms: Also cava, kaava, kawa; also ava phr. Etymology: South-western Polynesian. An intoxicating beverage prepared from the macerated (chewed, grated, or pounded) roots of the Polynesian shrub Piper methysticum or Macropiper latifolium (family Piperaceæ). Also, this plant, or its root. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > other alcoholic drinks > [noun] > kava yava1774 kava1817 yanggona1858 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > yielding intoxicating drink > [noun] > other plants yielding intoxicating drinks maqui1703 kava1866 yagé1924 1817 J. Martin Mariner's Acct. Tonga Islands ix Finow..proposed..to go into this cavern and drink cava. 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 708/1 The root called by the Polynesians Ava or Kava. 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 708/1 It appears that Kava has, like tobacco, a calming effect rather than an intoxicating one. 1890 R. L. Stevenson Lett. (1899) II. 2 I hope some day to offer you a bowl of kava there, or a slice of a pineapple. Compounds C1. attributive and in other combinations, as kava bowl, kava-drinker, kava-drinking, kava plant, kava root. Π 1823 Ld. Byron Island ii. ii. 21 Strike up the dance, the cava bowl fill high! 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 708/2 All the lower classes of whites in Feejee are Kava drinkers. C2. kava-ring n. a ceremonious gathering to drink kava. Π 1870 H. Meade Ride New Zealand 302 When a kava-ring takes place..the time for speaking terminates with the expression of the kava. Derivatives ˈkavain n. (also kawain) [ < French kawaïne, German kavahin] Chemistry a crystalline resin occurring in the kava root (Morley & Muir, 1892). ΚΠ 1865–72 H. Watts Dict. Chem. III. 445 Kawain, a crystallisable non-azotised substance, from Kawa-root. 1881 H. Watts Dict. Chem. 3rd Suppl. 1145 Kawain agrees in many of its properties with cubebin. 1882 Encycl. Brit. XIV. 18 The root [of kava] contains..a neutral crystalline principle discovered in 1844 by Mr. J. R. N. Morsori, and called kavahine. 1887 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Kavahin, Kavaïn, same as Methysticin. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1817
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