I hope some day to offer you a bowl of kava there, or a slice of a pineapple, or some lemonade from my own hedge.
We were entertained to kava in the guest-house with some very original features.
Frequently he will not utter a word till the repast is finished and the kava too.
A kavaroot was a constant form of offering all over Polynesia.
During the time the victuals are being shared out and the kava preparing, the matabooles sometimes begin to consult him; sometimes he answers, and at other times not; in either case he remains with his eyes cast down.
A portion of kava root is handed to each person present, who chews it to a pulp, and then deposits his quid in the kava bowl.
Kava is the name given to a liquor produced by chewing the root of a shrub called angona, and the ceremonious part of the preparation consists in chewing the root.
And now was the kava brewed, and now the cocoa ran, Now was the hour of the dance for child and woman and man; And mirth was in every heart and a garland on every head, And all was well with the living and well with the eight who were dead.
He handled his womankind, But the fumes of the fire and the kava had quenched the life of their mind, And they lay like pillars prone; and his hand encountered the boy, And there sprang in the gloom of his soul a sudden lightning of joy.
But I am a blue-ribbon man myself; and though I am aware there is a difference of opinion even in our own confession, I have always held kava to be excluded.
By this the kava of the dead was ready, and the daughters of Miru began to intone in the old manner of singing: "Gone are the green islands and the bright sea, the sun and the moon and the forty million stars, and life and love and hope.
And there was Miru, ruddy in the glow of the ovens; and there sat her four daughters, and made the kava of the dead; and there sat the comers out of the islands of the living, dripping and lamenting.
Give thekava to the rest," said Akaänga to the daughters of Miru.
There is no kava like the kava of the dead, and to drink of it once is the reward of living.
Kai Kaus, the Kava Uca of the Avesta, who succeeded Kai Kobad, betrays his divine nature in Firdusi by his march against the demons, by the castles which these demons build for him on Elburz, and by his attempt to fly into heaven.
In the Avesta Kava Uca offers sacrifice, in order to obtain the dominion over men and Daevas, and this favour is granted to him.
Kava Vistacpa himself offered sacrifice in order to obtain the victory over Asta-aurva, over the Daeva worshippers Cpinjauruska, and Darsinika, and the murderous Arejatacpa.
If the coincidence of the forms from Yima toKava Hucrava with the Veda is a proof of the antiquity and genuineness of the tradition of the Avesta, the gain for history becomes less instead of greater.
According to the later tradition of Iran, Kava Kavata was fetched from the divine mountain in order to reign over the country; two white falcons bring him a golden crown.
We saw that Kava Hucrava no less than Vistacpa is represented as fighting against the Turas or Tuiryas.
In the Avesta, Kava Uca sacrifices not only to rule over the whole earth but also over the spirits.
Delicious fruit followed the substantial fare; a small glass of KAVA - a juice extracted from a root of the pepper tribe - was then served to all alike.
Transfer that effect to an internal sensation (on a very hot day), and you will then know something of the delights of Kava drinking.
Stevenson tells us so much about Kava and Kava feasts, that I make no apology for describing the process.
Pieces of the Kava were torn, or bitten off, pounded between the two stones and cast into the bowl.
Then while one of the girls brought water and poured it upon the pounded root, the other, with shapely brown arms bare to the shoulder, kneaded the mass, until the whole virtue of the Kava was expressed into the water.
To appreciate Kava you must estimate it from the standpoint of After.
And everywhere could be heard the tap tap of the kava stones, and the rhythmic beating out of the "tapa.
On the way back we encountered a French Catholic priest, and after a little chat the old man took us to his house and initiated us into the mysteries of Kava drinking.
Wake up, pig-face, son of a fruit-bat, and make me kava immediately.
Saxon stupefied himself with kava most of the time, in the absence of stronger drink, and almost got himself clubbed once or twice on account of his too impulsive admiration for the beauties of the village.
On her head was a wreath of blood-red hibiscus flowers, and her exquisite right arm, bare except for a twisted chain of gold, held up an island kava cup of carved cocoanut shell.
The other man noted that he selected a "tabu kaisi" mat (a kind strictly forbidden to all but chiefs or whites), and that he looked hopefully towards the kava bowl.
If the Polynesian method of preparing kava as a drink is distasteful to our ideas, the favourite drinking bowl of the old Tibetans is even more so.
Among savage races the most peculiar drinking ceremony is that of kava drinking in Polynesia, principally in the Fijian, Tongan and Samoan groups.
The kava was finished now, and was handed round to us by the slender graceful hands of the trader's little daughter.
That night, in the big council house, there was a great number of the young men and women gathered together, and they danced and sang, and much kava was drunk.
Yet at night-time he would always come to my father's house and sit with him and talk, and sometimes Uluvao would make kava for him and my father.
King DRANK LAST; it was the least formal kava I ever saw in that house, - no names called, no show of ceremony.
Belle and Fanny were obviously thought to be my two wives; they were served their kava together, as were Mataafa and myself.
We stayed but a little while to smoke a sului; I would not have kava made, as I thought my escapade was already dangerous (perhaps even blameworthy) enough.
X X X H X G X F X E The X D i Kava X A X B X C X T X X X W Breakfast was rather a protracted business.
Kava done, I made a little speech, Henry translating.
So home, a little before six, in a dashing squall of rain, to a bowl of kava and dinner.
Thirteen pieces of tapa, some of them surprisingly fine, one I think unique; thirty fans of every shape and colour; a kava cup, etc.
So whilst one of the men cut up a rugged root of green kava and began to pound it with a smooth stone, the White Man, well content, laid down his gun, sat upon a boulder of stone and looked around him.
Marchmont killed a grand old tusker, and presented the tusks to the local chief, who in return gave him a very old kava bowl--a valuable article to Samoans.
When I come to-morrow night," she said, "I will bring a piece of kava root and make kava for you.
Ah, this green kava of ours is good to drink, not like the weak, dried root that the women of Samoa chew and mix with much water in a wooden bowl.
As the girls brought us the kava Marsh put his hand on the old, smooth, brown pate, and saw that the eyes of the net-maker were filled with tears.
Any man of fine physique attracts the Samoans, and a number of pretty girls who were preparing the kava cast many admiring glances at my friend, and commented audibly on his good looks.
Presently, friend, after we have had the drink of kava and eaten some food.
Kava kava, the other constituent, belongs to the pepper family; it had a temporary vogue some two or three decades ago, but has failed to maintain a place.
During this time, the Council agreed to accept the preparation if the suggestive name was changed, the therapeutic exaggerations abandoned, and the drug kava admitted to New and Nonofficial Remedies.
In one case an old man had to lie down and be massaged for an imaginary ailment, in another the kava was poured over a stone which stood for one of the "names" whose human representative was lacking.
He had a son called Pilibuu, who came down to earth, settled in Samoa, and planted kava and sugar-cane.
This time, being public, the King, with true courtesy, accepted my ostensible position, and gave the kava first to R.
Accordingly, as occasion offered, these same pleasing children, who had just been drinking kava with their opponents, fell incontinently on the dead and dying, and secured their grisly trophies.
The armies immediately fraternised; kavawas made by the ladies, as who should say tea, at home, and partaken of by the braves with many truculent expressions.
When the kava was ready, a fine-looking elderly man, the second in authority in the village, acted as master of the ceremonies, and gave the orders for carrying out the various details of the function.
We stayed but a little while to smoke a selui; I would not have kava made, as I thought my escapade was already dangerous (perhaps even blameworthy) enough.
I hope some day to offer you a bowl of kava there, or a slice of a pine-apple, or some lemonade from my own hedge.
And now was the kava brewed, and now the cocoa ran, Now was the hour of the dance for child and woman and man; And mirth was in every heart, and a garland on every head, And all was well with the living and well with the eight who were dead.
Presently, one by one, the men follow Denison and Kusis into the latter's house and sit down to smoke and talk, while Sipi the Fat pounds more kava for them to drink.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "kava" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: acid; ganja; grass; hash; hashish; hay; hemp; joint; kava; marijuana; peyote; pot; reefer; roach; stick; tea; weed
