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kawa
/ ˈkɑːwə /
noun
- protocol or etiquette, particularly in a Māori tribal meeting place
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Word History and Origins
Origin of kawa1
Māori
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Example Sentences
Ain Kawa is known as a Christian district, with Ziggurat-style churches dotting the horizon.
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But the most gorgeous of all flowering trees, as distinguished from creepers, is the sea-loving pohutu kawa.
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He would first circle well away from the fire, with its super-heated air column, till they came to the gorge of the Kawa.
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When a man smelled the horses, he would run to the camp and say, “The wind tells us the Kawa are coming.”
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Here we found the headman, Kawa, of Mpalapala, quite as hospitable.
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Formerly the process of chewing the kawa was performed by the young girls, and then only by those who had the finest teeth.
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