kawa

/ ˈkɑːwə /

noun

1. protocol or etiquette, particularly in a Māori tribal meeting place

Word History and Origins

Origin of kawa¹

Māori

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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