awapuhi

English

Etymology

Hawaiian ʻawapuhi from Proto-Polynesian *kava-pui from Proto-Polynesian *kawa; doublet of kava and kawakawa via Tongan and Māori respectively.[1]

Noun

awapuhi (uncountable)

  1. (Hawaii) Zingiber zerumbet, a plant in the ginger family.

References
  1. “Potent Roots and the Origin of kava”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 41, issue 2, 2002, →DOI, pages 493–513
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