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What (who) is kava - definition
Kava
![Painting showing women preparing kava by [[John La Farge]] (c. 1891)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John LaFarge - Young Girls Preparing Kava Outside of the Hut Whose Posts Are Decorated wih Flowers.jpg?width=200 "Painting showing women preparing kava by [[John La Farge]] (c. 1891)")
![A sign showing a "Kava licence area" at [[Yirrkala]], in the [[Northern Territory]] of [[Australia]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kava.JPG?width=200 "A sign showing a \"Kava licence area\" at [[Yirrkala]], in the [[Northern Territory]] of [[Australia]]")
![Ovalau]], [[Fiji]] (2005)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kava fiji.jpg?width=200 "Ovalau]], [[Fiji]] (2005)")
![Kava root being prepared for consumption in Asanvari village on [[Maewo]] Island, [[Vanuatu]] (2006)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kava vanuatu.jpg?width=200 "Kava root being prepared for consumption in Asanvari village on [[Maewo]] Island, [[Vanuatu]] (2006)")
![The general structure of the [[kavalactone]]s, without the R<sub>1</sub>-R<sub>2</sub> -O-CH<sub>2</sub>-O- bridge and with all possible C=C double bonds shown.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kavalactone General Structure.PNG?width=200 "The general structure of the [[kavalactone]]s, without the R<sub>1</sub>-R<sub>2</sub> -O-CH<sub>2</sub>-O- bridge and with all possible C=C double bonds shown.")
![Polynesian voyagers]] to [[New Zealand]] due to its similarities to kava.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Piper excelsum excelsum G.Forst. (AM AK347570-2).jpg?width=200 "Polynesian voyagers]] to [[New Zealand]] due to its similarities to kava.")
SPECIES OF PLANT
Piper methysticum; Kavakava; Kava-kava; Yaqona; Kava kava; Sakau; ʻawa; Kava Kava; P. methysticum; Rauschpfeffer; Kava pepper; Kawa pepper; Yangona; Yagona; Kava powder; Kava grog; History of kava; Legal status of kava
·noun A species of Macropiper (M. methysticum), the long pepper, from the root of which an intoxicating beverage is made by the Polynesians, by a process of mastication; also, the beverage itself.
kava
SPECIES OF PLANT
Piper methysticum; Kavakava; Kava-kava; Yaqona; Kava kava; Sakau; ʻawa; Kava Kava; P. methysticum; Rauschpfeffer; Kava pepper; Kawa pepper; Yangona; Yagona; Kava powder; Kava grog; History of kava; Legal status of kava
['k?:v?]
¦ noun
1. a narcotic drink made in Polynesia from the crushed roots of a plant of the pepper family.
2. the Polynesian shrub from which this root is obtained. [Piper methysticum.]
Origin
C18: from Tongan.
Kava
SPECIES OF PLANT
Piper methysticum; Kavakava; Kava-kava; Yaqona; Kava kava; Sakau; ʻawa; Kava Kava; P. methysticum; Rauschpfeffer; Kava pepper; Kawa pepper; Yangona; Yagona; Kava powder; Kava grog; History of kava; Legal status of kava
Kava or kava kava (Piper methysticum: Latin 'pepper' and Latinized Greek 'intoxicating') is a crop of the Pacific Islands. The name kava is from Tongan and Marquesan, meaning 'bitter'; other names for kava include ʻawa (Hawaiʻi), ʻava (Samoa),Fitisemanu, Jacob (2007) Samoan social drinking: perpetuation and adaptation of ʻAva ceremonies in Salt Lake County, Utah B.
Examples of use of kava
1. "I think that would be a little strange," Savoonga Mayor Jane Kava said.
2. We‘ll cook him yams and celebrate with coconut shells filled with kava.
3. But I found that Fijian one–cent coins picture a tanoa, a little bowl used for mixing ceremonial kava.
4. In the Hawaii book, you learn about the kava bar, "where you can try this mild sedative used in Hawaiian rituals while people are jamming on slack–key guitars," she said.
5. Qarase joked with government ministers but appeared tense as he drank three bowls of kava, Fiji‘s mildly intoxicating ceremonial drink, while waiting for Finance Minister Ratu Jone Kubuabola‘s budget speech after meeting Teleni.