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Translingual
Symbol
awa
( international standards ) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Awadhi .
Angolar
Noun
awa
water
References
Philippe Maurer, L'angolar: un créole afro-portugais parlé à São Tomé (1995, →ISBN : "awa eau (ptg. agua ). awa boka bave. awa ngairu ruisseau, fleuve. awa ȏngȇ n'na ome sperme. awa rago ~ rogo eau de noix de coco. awa wȇ larme."
Atong (India)
Pronunciation
Noun
awa (Bengali script আৱা )
father
Synonyms
References
Cebuano
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Unknown
Noun
awa
a wild sea dwelling milkfish (Chanos chanos ); as opposed to milkfish raised in aquaculture ( see usage notes )
the Hawaiian ladyfish (Elops hawaiensis )
Usage notes
Awa , alternatively named inahan sa bangus , mainly refers to the wild milkfish while bangus refer mostly to the cultivated milkfish.
Etymology 2
Short for tan-awa
Interjection
awa
look !
Chickasaw
Pronunciation
Conjunction
awa
and ( used only in numerical expressions such as awa chaffa )
Derived terms
Descendants
Chuukese
Etymology
Borrowed from English hour .
Noun
awa
hour
Guajajára
Noun
awa
man
Derived terms
References
“awa” in Carl Harrison, Carole Harrison, Dicionário Guajajára-Português , Associação Internacional de Linguística SIL - Brasil, 2013.
Gun
Etymology
From Proto-Gbe *-bá or Proto-Gbe *-bɔ́ , from the older Proto-Volta-Niger *ɔ́-bɔ́ . Cognate with Fon awà ( “ arm ” ) , Fon abǎ ( “ arm ” ) , Saxwe Gbe abɔ́ ( “ arm ” ) , Adja abɔ ( “ arm ” ) , Adja aba ( “ arm ” ) , Ayizo awa ( “ forearm ” ) , Ayizo aba ( “ arm ” ) , Ewe abɔ ( “ arm ” ) .
Pronunciation
Noun
awà (plural awà lɛ́ or awà lẹ́ )
wing
arm
Hausa
Etymology
Borrowed from English hour .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ʔá.wàː/
( Standard Kano Hausa ) IPA (key ) :
Hyphenation: a‧wa
Noun
awā̀ f (plural awōyī , possessed form awàr̃ )
hour
Synonym: sa'a
Hawaiian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Proto-Polynesian *awa ( “ channel, opening in a reef ” ) .
Noun
awa
channel , passage
port , harbor , cove
Related terms
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium .)
Noun
awa
milkfish
Hiligaynon
Noun
áwà
compassion , mercy , pity
Jamamadí
Noun
awa
( Banawá ) wood
References
Japanese
Romanization
awa
Rōmaji transcription of あわ
Kavalan
Etymology
From Japanese.
Noun
awa
drinkware ; cup ; glass
Maori
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Polynesian *awa ( “ channel, opening in a reef ” ) .
Other Polynesian languages generally retain the Proto-Polynesian meaning (e.g. Hawaiian awa ); the word was adapted to mean "river" in Māori because the large rivers of New Zealand were more similar to channels than to the small streams (Proto-Polynesian *waitafe ) the Māori knew before settling New Zealand.
Pronunciation
Noun
awa
river , creek , stream
References
Marshallese
Etymology
From English hour , from Middle English houre , hour , oure , from Anglo-Norman houre , from Old French houre, (h)ore , from Latin hōra ( “ hour ” ) , from Ancient Greek ὥρα ( hṓra , “ any time or period, whether of the year, month, or day ” ) , from Proto-Indo-European *yeh₁- ( “ year, season ” ) .
Pronunciation
Noun
awa (construct form awaan )
( alienable ) an hour
( alienable ) a clock
( alienable ) time
References
Media Lengua
Noun
awa
water
References
Pidgins and Creoles: An Introduction (1995, →ISBN
Nheengatu
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old Tupi aba .
Noun
awa (absolute tawa , R1 rawa , R2 sawa )
contour feather ; plumage
Coordinate term: pepú ( “ flight feather ” )
( broadly ) any feather
fur
body hair
( rare ) headhair
Derived terms
Verb
awa (2nd class )
to be feathery
to be hairy
Etymology 2
Inherited from Old Tupi 'aba .
Noun
awa
headhair
Derived terms
Etymology 3
Inherited from Old Tupi oba .
Noun
awa (absolute awa , R1 rawa , R2 sawa )
leaf
Derived terms
References
↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Marcel Twardowsky Ávila (2021), “awa”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português (Thesis, in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, →DOI , page 280–281
Nigerian Pidgin
Etymology
From English our .
Adjective
awá
our
Old Polish
Etymology
Univerbation of a + wa . First attested in the 14th century.
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : ( 10th –15th CE ) /a(ː)va/
IPA (key ) : ( 15th CE ) /ava/ , /ɒva/
Particle
awa
here !
Descendants
References
Papiamentu
Etymology
From Portuguese água and Spanish agua and Kabuverdianu agu .
The Portuguese word comes from Latin aqua , from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ekʷeh₂ .
Noun
awa
water
References
Pidgins and Creoles: An Introduction (1995, →ISBN
Plains Cree
Pronunciation
Pronoun
awa anim sg (animate plural ôki , inanimate singular ôma , inanimate plural ôhi , Syllabics ᐊᐊᐧ )
( preceding a noun ) this
nipâw awa atim ― this dog is sleeping
( following a noun ) this is
atim awa ― this is a dog
Related terms
ana ( “ that ” )
nâha ( “ that (over there) ” )
References
awa in Plains Cree Online Dictionary
Pohnpeian
Etymology
Borrowed from English hour , from Middle English houre , oure , from Anglo-Norman houre , from Old French houre , (h)ore , from Latin hōra ( “ hour ” ) , from Ancient Greek ὥρα ( hṓra ) , from Proto-Indo-European *yeh₁- ( “ year, season ” ) .
Pronunciation
Noun
awa
hour
Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Polish awa . By surface analysis , univerbation of a + wa .
Pronunciation
Particle
awa
( Middle Polish ) expresses uncertainty ; maybe , perhaps
( Middle Polish ) interrogative particle: introduces a yes-no question
References
^ J. Karłowicz , A. Kryński , W. Niedźwiedzki , editors (1900), “awa ”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 73
^ Maria Renata Mayenowa; Stanisław Rospond; Witold Taszycki; Stefan Hrabec; Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023), “awa ”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish ]
^ Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814), “awa ”, in Słownik języka polskiego
^ Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861), “awa ”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
Scots
Etymology
From Middle English awey , from Old English onweġ .
Pronunciation
Adverb
awa (not comparable )
away
Adjective
awa (comparative mair awa , superlative maist awa )
absent , gone , distant
Spanish
Noun
awa f (plural awas )
Eye dialect spelling of agua ( “ water ” ) .
Tagalog
Alternative forms
Etymology
Said to be from Sanskrit आवह् ( āvah , “ favor ” ) .
Pronunciation
Hyphenation: a‧wa
IPA (key ) : /ˈʔawaʔ/ ,
Noun
awà (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜏ )
compassion ; mercy ; pity
Synonyms: habag , pagkahabag , hambal , lunos
Derived terms
References
^ Trinidad Hermenegildo Pardo de Tavera (1887) El sanscrito en la lengua tagalog , Paris: Imprimerie de la Faculté de Médecine, A. Davy, page 18
Further reading
Ternate
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Noun
awa
rainbow
Etymology 2
Possibly the same as the previous etymology, as a semantic extension.
Pronunciation
Noun
awa
sign , mark
References
Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia , University of Pittsburgh
Yami
Noun
awa
sea
Ye'kwana
Pronunciation
Noun
awa (possessed awadü or ewadü )
( Brazil ) Alternative form of öwa ( “ cemetery ” )
Yoruba
Alternative forms
Etymology
Cognate with Igala àwa
Pronunciation
Pronoun
àwa
we ( emphatic first-person plural personal pronoun )
See also
Affirmative subject pronouns
singular
plural or honorific
1st person
mo
a
2nd person
o
ẹ
3rd person
ó
wọ́n
Negative subject pronouns
singular
plural or honorific
1st person
mi / n
a
2nd person
o
ẹ
3rd person
wọn
Object pronouns
singular
plural or honorific
1st person
mi
wa
2nd person
ọ / ẹ
yín
3rd person
/ ẹ̀
wọn
Note: except for
yín , object pronouns have a high tone following a low or mid tone monosyllabic verb, and a mid tone following a high tone. For complex verbs, the tone does not change.
Zazaki
Noun
awa
accusative singular of aw