adawa

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Hausa

Etymology

From Arabic عَدَاوَة (ʕadāwa).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔà.dáː.wàː/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key):

Noun

àdāwā̀ f (possessed form àdāwàr̃)

  1. hatred
  2. opposition

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies
ALIV adawa
Brazilian standard adaawa
New Tribes adaawa

Pronunciation

Noun

adawa

  1. (Cunucunuma River dialect) Alternative form of ayawa (a tree, Protium heptaphyllum, from which a sticky transparent liquid is extracted; a torch, a light, typically made from this liquid wrapped in Oenocarpus bataua leaves; the bodypaint made from this liquid; bodypaint in general)