ava

Alternative form of kava.

Noun

  1. Alternative form of kava.
    • In the Tonga Islands , the ava root, when dry, is split up into small pieces with an axe or other sharp instrument - 1859, James Finlay Weir Johnston, The Chemistry of Common Life:
    • […] the schooners plying up the coast for wood and ava and bananas. - 1891, Robert Louis Stevenson, The Bottle Imp:

Origin

Doublet of kava.