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Afar
Etymology
From Arabic هَوَاء ( hawāʔ , “ air, atmosphere ” ) .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /haˈwa/
Hyphenation: ha‧wa
Noun
hawá f
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
to leave
Garo
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium .)
Pronoun
hawa
( distal ) that one (far), way over there
Indonesian
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 )
atmosphere , air .
the gases surrounding the Earth or any astronomical body.
the air in a particular place.
Synonyms: atmosfer , udara
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 )
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 )
( colloquial ) female .
Synonym: perempuan
References
^ 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
Further reading
Javanese
Romanization
hawa
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 )
atmosphere , air .
the gases surrounding the Earth or any astronomical body.
the air in a particular place.
Synonyms: atmosfera , udara
climate
Synonym: iklim
Descendants
Affixed terms
Etymology 2
From Arabic هَوَى ( hawā , “ love, desire, passion ” ) .
Pronunciation
Noun
hawa (informal 1st possessive hawaku , 2nd possessive hawamu , 3rd possessive hawanya )
desire .
Synonyms: keinginan , nafsu
Descendants
→ Balinese: ᬳᬯ ( hawa )
→ Madurese: ꦲꦮ ( hḁwḁ )
Further reading
Swahili
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Arabic هَوَى ( hawā , “ love, desire, passion ” ) .
Noun
hawa (n class , plural hawa )
longing , desire
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective
hawa
Wa class inflected form of hii .
Tagalog
Etymology
Compare Malay hawa ( “ air; climate ” ) .
Pronunciation
Noun
hawa or hawà (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜏ )
transmission of a disease
Synonyms: lalin , pagkalalin
contagion ; disease spread by contact
Synonym: impeksiyon
stain or discoloration by a foreign substance
Synonyms: mantsa , lalin
person related by marriage
Derived terms
Adjective
hawa or hawà (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜏ )
caused by contact , contamination , or infection ( of a disease )
caused by a foreign matter ( of a stain or discoloration )
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 )
air , heaven , sky
Declension
Further reading