nikavava

Updated: June 10, 2025

That it is pure old Rommany appears from the fact that it is to be found as Niglavava in Turkish Gipsy, meaning "I go," which is also found in Nikliovava and Nikavava, which are in turn probably derived from the Hindustani Nikalna, "To issue, to go forth or out," &c.

Charles Godfrey Leland - The English Gipsies and Their Language