kavika

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kavika

/kəˈviːkə/

Rhymes with -iːkə

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Presumably borrowed from Fijian kavika, from Proto-Oceanic *kapika. First attested in 1862.

noun kavikas

The Malay apple, Syzygium malaccense. In their idea, there is scarcely a finer tree than the Kavika; and when in their fairy tales the imagination runs riot, and describes all that is lovely and beautiful, the Kavika is rarely omitted.

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@misc{kavika_2026,
  title = {kavika},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/kavika},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}