Definitions for kavas

kavas ka·va

Spelling: [kah-vuh]
IPA: /ˈkɑ və/

Kavas is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 33 anagrams from letters in kavas (aaksv).

Definitions for kavas

noun

  1. a Polynesian shrub, Piper methysticum, of the pepper family, the aromatic roots of which are used to make an intoxicating beverage.
  2. the beverage made from these roots.

Origin of kavas

1810-20; Polynesian (first recorded from Tonga Islands)

Examples for kavas

So, perhaps, the Samoans gave them the coolest of all drinks, kava; and they scored.

A native girl, called Liva, was sitting on the main hatch making a bowl of kava.

He spends a long time in preparing his kava, and drinks it noisily.

Here they were entertained and invited to join in a kava feast.

There would be much to eat, and there would be kava in plenty.

kava and the siva are the Samoans' symbols of hospitality, from the lowest to the highest.

“Give the kava to the rest,” said Akanga to the daughters of Miru.

He did not reply to my question, but sipped his bowl of kava.

In a similar vein, kava kava, advertised as a natural anti-anxiety supplement, was taken off the market for causing liver failure.

You have treated me as a chief and you have bought my kava bowl.

Word Value for kavas
Scrable

11

Words with friends

12

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