Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kavika

/kəˈviːkə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: kavi-ka
IPA: /kəˈviːkə/

17

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The Malay apple, Syzygium malaccense.

Example Sentences

"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."
"Although of no effect so far as the course of the small outbreak at Nacaugai is concerned it is necessary to add here that the prompt destruction of kavika trees over much of the neighbouring land on Nagasau estate was in all probability an important measure of control and responsible for the freedom from scale of Nagasau estate at the time when Mua was badly attacked."
"The earthworm, the koraning cicadas, the sun now the pallor of kavika, the starapples ripening against an olive sky."

Etymology

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

Origin

First known use: First attested in 1862

Word Breakdown

Root: *kapika

Inflected Forms

kavikas (plural)

Rhymes With

costa rica eureka paprika frederica sika fika spermatheca tariqa riq'a farspeaker creeker

Questions

How do you pronounce kavika?: The recorded pronunciation is /kəˈviːkə/.
What does kavika mean?: The Malay apple, Syzygium malaccense.
Where does kavika come from?: First known use: First attested in 1862.

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