dawa

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Swahili dawa (“medicine”).

Noun

dawa (plural dawas)

1. (East Africa) A medicine, particularly a native one or one used by witch doctors.
2. (Kenya) A cocktail made with vodka, honey, and lime juice.

Anagrams

• Awad, WADA, Wada, adaw

Bikol Central

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdawaʔ/,
• Hyphenation: da‧wa

Conjunction

dawà (Basahan spelling ᜇᜏ)

1. even if; even so; even though; although

   Synonym: maski

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: da‧wa
• IPA^(key): /ˈdawa/,

Noun

dáwa (Badlit spelling ᜇᜏ)

1. millet

   Synonym: kabog

Hausa

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

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

Noun

dāwā̀ f (plural dāwōyī, possessed form dāwàr̃)

1. sorghum

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dá.wà/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key):

Noun

dawà m (possessed form dawàn)

1. the bush, the forest

Derived terms

• mugun dawa

Iraqw

Noun

dawa m (plural dabee f)

1. hand, arm
2. instrument, custom, measures

References

• Mous, Maarten, Qorro, Martha, Kießling, Roland (2002) Iraqw-English Dictionary (Kuschitische Sprachstudien), volume 18, Köln, Germany: Rüdiger Köppe Verlag, →ISBN, page 19

Javanese

Romanization

dawa

1. Romanization of ꦢꦮ

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Verb

dawa

1. third-person singular present of dawaś

Puyuma

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *zawa. Compare Hiligaynon dawa, Cebuano dawa, Tagalog dawa, Waray-Waray dawa, and Tausug dawa.

Noun

dawa

1. foxtail millet grain

Sakizaya

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /da.ˈwa/,

Noun

dawa

1. cloth

Sundanese

Noun

dawa

1. lawsuit; a dispute carried before a court or authority.

References

• “Dawa” in Jonathan Rigg, A Dictionary of the Sunda language (1862), page 103.

Swahili

Swahili Wikipedia has an article on:

dawa

Wikipedia ^sw

Etymology

From Arabic دَوَاء (dawāʔ).

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya)

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Noun

dawa (n class, plural dawa) or dawa (ma class, plural madawa)

1. medicine

Usage notes

In its strictest sense, this word means "medicine", but is used generally for anything that improves or protects the condition of another thing; for example dawa ya viatu (“dawa of the shoes”) means "shoe polish".

Derived terms

• dawa ya mapenzi (“love potion”)
• dawa ya meno (“toothpaste”)
• dawa ya mswaki (“toothpaste”)
• dawa ya viatu (“shoe polish”)
• dawa ya wadudu (“insecticide”)

References

• Baldi, Sergio (2020 November 30) Dictionary of Arabic Loanwords in the Languages of Central and East Africa (Handbuch der Orientalistik; Erste Abteilung: Der Nahe und der Mittlere Osten; 145), Leiden • Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 109 Nr. 969

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• daua — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

Etymology 1

From Proto-Austronesian *zawa. Compare Hiligaynon dawa, Cebuano dawa, Puyuma dawa, Waray-Waray dawa, and Tausug dawa. Theorized also to be from Sanskrit यव (yava, “barley; grain; cereal”). See also Diyawa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdawaʔ/,

• IPA^(key): /ˈdawa/, (obsolete)
• Hyphenation: da‧wa

Noun

dawà (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜏ)

1. millet (Panicum miliaceum)

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /daˈwaʔ/,
• Hyphenation: da‧wa

Noun

dawâ (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜏ) (obsolete)

1. taking something out of a cave

Derived terms

Further reading

• “dawa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Tarifit

Etymology

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic داوى (dāwa).

Pronunciation

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Verb

dawa (Tifinagh spelling ⴷⴰⵡⴰ)

1. (transitive) to heal

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

• ddwa (“medicine”)
• amdawi (“healer”)

Tausug

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *zawa.

Noun

dawa

1. millet

Welsh

Verb

dawa

1. Soft mutation of tawa.

Mutation

Western Apache

Pronoun

dawa

1. everything

Yoruba

Etymology

From Hausa dāwā̀.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dá.wà/

Noun

dáwà

1. sorghum

   Synonyms: jéró, ọkà bàbà