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kawa

British  
/ ˈkɑːwə /

noun

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of kawa

Māori

Example Sentences

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“The simple kawa in the traditional language was not enough for me. I wanted to find a new symbol to express the word river.”

From Washington Post • Mar. 4, 2021

The simple kawa in the traditional language was not enough for me.

From Time Magazine Archive

Thus it was that he learned little more than one sentence of Japanese�Kono kawa ka?

From Time Magazine Archive

"This is kawa, the accepted calligraphic character for river," she says, deftly sketching three short vertical strokes.

From Time Magazine Archive

But the most gorgeous of all flowering trees, as distinguished from creepers, is the sea-loving pohutu kawa.

From The Long White Cloud by Reeves, William Pember

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