karvas

Etymology 1
From, probably borrowed from (compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬) or (less likely) derived from. Finnic cognates include 🇨🇬. If the word is Uralic, other cognates include 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, and 🇨🇬.

Adjective

 * 1) bitter having an acrid taste
 * 2)  bitter, stinging leaving someone feeling bitter or disappointed

Usage notes
In the literal sense, used of "bitter" as one of the conventional primary or basic flavours. In the figurative sense, used of events or experiences, not of persons. The synonym is used both of persons and events.

Etymology 2
Borrowed from (compare 🇨🇬). Alternatively and less likely from (compare 🇨🇬).

Noun

 * 1) a type of boat used to drag a seine