Where does “kawa” come from?
kawa (Cebuano) comes from Malay kawah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kawaq.
kawa (Cebuano): A large wok
Ancestry of “kawa”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Malay | kawah | cauldron; crater |
| 2 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | *kawaq | — |