Kawa

See also: kawa, káwa, kawá, ƙawa, kawą, and Kawą

English

Etymology

• From Polish Kawa, from kawa (“jackdaw”), a back-formation from kawka (“jackdaw”), from Proto-Slavic *kavъka. Alternatively, from kawa (“coffee”).
• From Japanese かわ.

Proper noun

Kawa (plural Kawas)

1. A surname.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Kawa”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 284.

Northern Kurdish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɑːˈwɑː/

Proper noun

Kawa ?

1. a male given name

Polish

Etymology

From kawa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈka.va/
• Rhymes: -ava
• Syllabification: Ka‧wa
• Homophone: kawa

Proper noun

Kawa m pers

1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Kawa

	singular	plural
nominative	Kawa	Kawowie
genitive	Kawy	Kawów
dative	Kawie	Kawom
accusative	Kawę	Kawowie
instrumental	Kawą	Kawami
locative	Kawie	Kawach
vocative	Kawo	Kawowie

Proper noun

Kawa f

1. a female surname

Declension

Declension of Kawa

	singular	plural
nominative	Kawa	Kawy
genitive	Kawy	Kaw
dative	Kawie	Kawom
accusative	Kawę	Kawy
instrumental	Kawą	Kawami
locative	Kawie	Kawach
vocative	Kawo	Kawy

Further reading

• “Kawa”, in Internetowy słownik nazwisk w Polsce [Internet dictionary of surnames in Poland], 2022