yavan.
/ˈjɑːvə/ Variant of kava n.; cf. ava phr.
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1774 W. Wales Jrnl. 26 June in J. Cook Jrnls. (1961) II. 846 They [sc. the Tongans] brought off with them the Yauva, or pepper-Root.
1804 Ann. Rev. 2 196/1 The eyes of the great yavva drinkers are much blood-shot.
1822 J. M. Good Study Med. II. 482 It [sc. Bucnemia tropica] is also indigenous to the Polynesian isles, where it takes the name of yava-skin, as being supposed to originate from drinking the heating beverage called yava.
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