yagona

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Fijian yaqona

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /jɑˈɡoʊnə/

Noun

yagona (usually uncountable, plural yagonas)

  1. (chiefly in the Pacific islands) The kava plant.
  2. (chiefly in the Pacific islands) The drink made from the kava plant.
    • 2003, Migration in the Asia Pacific: Population, Settlement and Citizenship Issues‎, page 380:
      Indo-Fijians have taken to drinking yagona or kava, the traditional drink in Fiji.

Anagrams

Uzbek

Etymology

Inherited from Chagatai یگانه, from Classical Persian یگانه (yagāna).

Adjective
Other scripts
Cyrillic ягона (yagona)‍
Latin ‍
Perso-Arabic

yagona (comparative yagonaroq, superlative eng yagona)

  1. only, sole

Derived terms
  • yagonalik
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