awapuhi
Appearance
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Hawaiian ʻawapuhi, from Proto-Polynesian *kava-pui from Proto-Polynesian *kawa; doublet of kava and kawakawa via Tongan and Māori respectively.[1]
Noun
[edit]awapuhi (uncountable)
- (Hawaii) Zingiber zerumbet, a plant in the ginger family.
References
[edit]- ^ Lynch, John (2002) “Potent Roots and the Origin of kava”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 41, number 2, , pages 493–513