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Bikol Central

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish agua.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʔaɡwa/
  • Hyphenation: ag‧wa

Noun

agwa (Basahan spelling ᜀᜄ᜔ᜏ)

  1. water (only used in set expressions)
    Synonym: tubig

Derived terms

Hanunoo

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish agua.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʔaɡwa/
  • Rhymes: -aɡwa
  • Syllabification: ag‧wa

Noun

agwa (Hanunoo spelling ᜠᜤ᜴ᜯ)

  1. hair oil with a sweet scent

Further reading

  • Conklin, Harold C. (1953) Hanunóo-English Vocabulary (University of California Publications in Linguistics), volume 9, London, England: University of California Press, →OCLC, page 22

Hiligaynon

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish agua.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: a‧gwa
  • IPA(key): /ˈʔaɡwa/

Noun

ágwa

  1. water
    Synonym: tubig
  2. perfume, scent
    Synonym: pahumot

Karao

Noun

agwa

  1. edible root of the taro plant

Swahili

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Verb

-agwa (infinitive kuagwa)

  1. Passive form of -aga

Conjugation

Conjugation of -agwa
Positive present -naagwa
Subjunctive -agwe
Negative -agwi
Imperative singular agwa
Infinitives
Positive kuagwa
Negative kutoagwa
Imperatives
Singular agwa
Plural agweni
Tensed forms
Habitual huagwa
Positive past positive subject concord + -liagwa
Negative past negative subject concord + -kuagwa
Positive present (positive subject concord + -naagwa)
Singular Plural
1st person ninaagwa/naagwa tunaagwa
2nd person unaagwa mnaagwa
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anaagwa wanaagwa
other classes positive subject concord + -naagwa
Negative present (negative subject concord + -agwi)
Singular Plural
1st person siagwi hatuagwi
2nd person huagwi hamwagwi
3rd person m-wa(I/II) haagwi hawaagwi
other classes negative subject concord + -agwi
Positive future positive subject concord + -taagwa
Negative future negative subject concord + -taagwa
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -agwe)
Singular Plural
1st person niagwe tuagwe
2nd person uagwe mwagwe
3rd person m-wa(I/II) aagwe waagwe
other classes positive subject concord + -agwe
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -siagwe
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngeagwa
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singeagwa
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngaliagwa
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singaliagwa
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -aagwa)
Singular Plural
1st person naagwa twaagwa
2nd person waagwa mwaagwa
3rd person m-wa(I/II) aagwa waagwa
m-mi(III/IV) waagwa yaagwa
ji-ma(V/VI) laagwa yaagwa
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chaagwa vyaagwa
n(IX/X) yaagwa zaagwa
u(XI) waagwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwaagwa
pa(XVI) paagwa
mu(XVIII) mwaagwa
Perfect positive subject concord + -meagwa
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshaagwa
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jaagwa
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kiagwa
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipoagwa
Consecutive kaagwa / positive subject concord + -kaagwa
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kaagwe
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -niagwa -tuagwa
2nd person -kuagwa -waagwa/-kuagweni/-waagweni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mwagwa -waagwa
m-mi(III/IV) -uagwa -iagwa
ji-ma(V/VI) -liagwa -yaagwa
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kiagwa -viagwa
n(IX/X) -iagwa -ziagwa
u(XI) -uagwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kuagwa
pa(XVI) -paagwa
mu(XVIII) -muagwa
Reflexive -jiagwa
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -agwa- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -agwaye -agwao
m-mi(III/IV) -agwao -agwayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -agwalo -agwayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -agwacho -agwavyo
n(IX/X) -agwayo -agwazo
u(XI) -agwao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -agwako
pa(XVI) -agwapo
mu(XVIII) -agwamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -agwa)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yeagwa -oagwa
m-mi(III/IV) -oagwa -yoagwa
ji-ma(V/VI) -loagwa -yoagwa
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -choagwa -vyoagwa
n(IX/X) -yoagwa -zoagwa
u(XI) -oagwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -koagwa
pa(XVI) -poagwa
mu(XVIII) -moagwa
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish agua (“water”), from Old Spanish agua, from Latin aqua.

Pronunciation

Noun

agwa (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜄ᜔ᜏ)

  1. water
    Synonym: tubig

Usage notes

  • Only used in certain expressions.

Noun

agwá or agwa (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜄ᜔ᜏ)

  1. big splash or surge of water (as when one dives into a river)

Derived terms

See also

Further reading

  • “agwa”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
  • “agwa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • “agwa”, in Pinoy Dictionary, 2010–2024
  • Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972) Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 17

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