hawa

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Afar

Etymology

From Arabic هَوَاء (hawāʔ, air, atmosphere).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /haˈwa/
  • Hyphenation: ha‧wa

Noun

hawá f 

  1. climate

References

  • Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie), Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis), page 74

Cebuano

Verb

hawà

  1. to leave

Garo

Etymology

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Pronoun

hawa

  1. (distal) that one (far), way over there

Indonesian

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Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Inherited from Malay hawa, from Arabic هَوَاء (hawāʔ, air, atmosphere).[1]

Noun

hawa (first-person possessive hawaku, second-person possessive hawamu, third-person possessive hawanya)

  1. atmosphere, air.
    1. the gases surrounding the Earth or any astronomical body.
    2. the air in a particular place.
    Synonyms: atmosfer, udara
  2. climate
    Synonym: iklim

Affixed terms

Etymology 2

Inherited from Malay hawa, from Arabic هَوَى (hawā, love, desire, passion).

Noun

hawa (first-person possessive hawaku, second-person possessive hawamu, third-person possessive hawanya)

  1. desire.
    Synonyms: keinginan, nafsu

Affixed terms

Etymology 3

From Arabic حَوَّاء (ḥawwāʔ, Eve), from Hebrew חוה (ḥawwâ).

Noun

hawa (first-person possessive hawaku, second-person possessive hawamu, third-person possessive hawanya)

  1. (colloquial) female.
    Synonym: perempuan
Alternative forms

References

  1. ^ Erwina Burhanuddin, Abdul Gaffar Ruskhan, R.B. Chrismanto (1993) Penelitian kosakata bahasa Arab dalam bahasa Indonesia [Research on Arabic vocabulary in Indonesian]‎, Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa, Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan, →ISBN, →OCLC

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Javanese

Romanization

hawa

  1. Romanization of ꦲꦮ

Malay

Etymology 1

From Arabic هَوَاء (hawāʔ, air, atmosphere).

Pronunciation

Noun

hawa (informal 1st possessive hawaku, 2nd possessive hawamu, 3rd possessive hawanya)

  1. atmosphere, air.
    1. the gases surrounding the Earth or any astronomical body.
    2. the air in a particular place.
    Synonyms: atmosfera, udara
  2. climate
    Synonym: iklim
Descendants
  • Javanese: ꦲꦮ (awa)

Affixed terms

Etymology 2

From Arabic هَوَى (hawā, love, desire, passion).

Pronunciation

Noun

hawa (informal 1st possessive hawaku, 2nd possessive hawamu, 3rd possessive hawanya)

  1. desire.
    Synonyms: keinginan, nafsu
Descendants

Further reading

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic هَوَى (hawā, love, desire, passion).

Noun

hawa (n class, plural hawa)

  1. longing, desire

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

hawa

  1. Wa class inflected form of hii.

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

Compare Malay hawa (air; climate).

Pronunciation

Noun

hawa or hawà (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜏ)

  1. transmission of a disease
    Synonyms: lalin, pagkalalin
  2. contagion; disease spread by contact
    Synonym: impeksiyon
  3. stain or discoloration by a foreign substance
    Synonyms: mantsa, lalin
  4. person related by marriage

Derived terms

Adjective

hawa or hawà (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜏ)

  1. caused by contact, contamination, or infection (of a disease)
  2. caused by a foreign matter (of a stain or discoloration)
  3. related to one's family by marriage

Further reading

  • hawa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Tatar

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian هوا (havâ) or Arabic هَوَاء (hawāʔ).

Noun

hawa (Cyrillic spelling һава)

  1. air, heaven, sky

Declension

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