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See also: lâwa, Lawa, Läwa, lawá, lawaʼ, ława, lawą, ławą, łāwa, -lawa, and lawa'
Languages (32)
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Alangan

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lawaq.

Noun

lawà

  1. spider

Bikol Central

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lawaq.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: la‧wa
  • IPA(key): /ˈlawaʔ/

Noun

lawà

  1. spider

Brunei Malay

Adjective

lawa

  1. beautiful

Antonyms

Butuanon

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lawaq.

Noun

lawa

  1. spider

Chickasaw

Etymology

Cognate with Choctaw lawa (“many, much”), Koasati lawa (“many”).

Pronoun

lawa

  1. a lot

Verb

lawa (active, in/transitive)

  1. (intransitive) to be many
  2. (intransitive) to be a lot
  3. (intransitive) to be a bunch
  4. (transitive) to be a lot in (a place)

Inflection

Class I Verb Subjects (Active)
Verbs beginning with a consonant. Singular Plural Inclusive Tri-Plural
1st-person (I, we) lawali
lawa-li		 iilawa / iliilawa / liilawa
ii-lawa / ilii-lawa / lii-lawa		 iloolawa
iloo-lawa
2nd-person (you, you all) ishlawa
ish-lawa		 hashlawa
hash-lawa
3rd-person (he, she, it, they) lawa (hoo)lawa
(hoo-)lawa

Choctaw

Alternative forms

Etymology

Cognate with Koasati lawa (“many”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /laˈwa(h)/
  • Transcription: lawah

Adjective

lawa

  1. many. much
  2. a lot of
  3. too much

Fijian

Pronunciation

Noun

lawa

  1. net, fishing net
  2. snare
  3. law

Verb

lawa (lawa-vaka, lawavaka)

  1. to ambush (in war)

lawa (lawa-na, lawana)

  1. (transitive) to accuse (on suspicion alone)

Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *lawa₁ (compare with Maori rawa (“numerous, many, wealth”)).[1][2]

Noun

lawa

  1. sufficiency, abundance, plenty

References

  1. ^ Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “lawa”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, revised & enlarged edition, Honolulu, HI: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, page 197
  2. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “lawa.1a”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online

Higaonon

Etymology 1

Akin to Western Bukidnon Manobo lawa.

Noun

lawa

  1. body

Etymology 2

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lawaq. Akin to Cebuano lawalawa.

Noun

lawa

  1. spider

Hiligaynon

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lawaq.

Pronunciation

Noun

lawà

  1. spiderweb

Iban

Pronunciation

Adjective

lawa

  1. beautiful, good-looking, pretty
    Synonym: bajik
    Lawa amat indu nya!
    That lady is so beautiful!
  2. arrogant

Indonesian

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /la.wa/
  • Rhymes: -la
  • Hyphenation: la‧wa

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Makasar and Buginese .

Noun

lawa (plural lawa-lawa)

  1. (cooking) salad
    Synonym: urap
  2. (cooking) Buginese dish made from raw fish or banana blossoms, mixed with grated or fried coconut, spices, and vinegar
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Unknown, inherited from Malay lawa (“board”), probably from Old Javanese lawa (“fragment, piece”), from Sanskrit लव (lava).

Noun

lawa (plural lawa-lawa)

  1. (archaic) crossbar on boats and so on
  2. (archaic) barrier, obstacle
    Synonym: rintangan
  3. (archaic) roadblock
Derived terms

Etymology 3

inherited from Malay lawa (“beautiful”).

Adjective

lawa

  1. beautiful
    Synonym: indah
Derived terms

Further reading

Javanese

Romanization

lawa

  1. Romanization of ꦭꦮ

Kagayanen

Noun

lawa

  1. (anatomy) body

Lindu

Noun

lawa

  1. hindrance; obstacle

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

Noun

lawa

  1. genitive singular of law
  2. accusative singular of law
  3. nominative dual of law

Malay

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lawa/
    • Note: Unlike in many other words in Johor-Riau Malay that end with an /a/, the word-final /a/ in this word is not realized as a schwa .
  • Rhymes: -wa, -a

Adjective

lawa (Jawi spelling لاوا)

  1. beautiful
    Synonyms: cantik, molek
    Lawanya perempuan itu!
    That girl is so beautiful!

Affixations

Descendants

  • > Indonesian: lawa (inherited)

Further reading

Mansaka

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lawaq.

Noun

lawa

  1. spider

Masbatenyo

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lawaq.

Noun

lawà

  1. spider

Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit लव (lava).

Pronunciation

Noun

lawa

  1. fragment, piece
  2. minute of time

Derived terms

Descendants

  • >? Malay: lawa
    • > Indonesian: lawa (inherited)

Further reading

  • "lawa" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Polish

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lawa

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian lava.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈla.va/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ava
  • Syllabification: la‧wa

Noun

lawa f

  1. lava (molten rock ejected by a volcano from its crater or fissured sides)

Declension

Declension of lawa
singular plural
nominative lawa lawy
genitive lawy law
dative lawie lawom
accusative lawę lawy
instrumental lawą lawami
locative lawie lawach
vocative lawo lawy

Derived terms

adjective

Further reading

  • lawa in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • lawa in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Quechua

Noun

lawa

  1. a gruel made flour, water, and salt; sometimes prepared with maize

Declension

declension of lawa
singular plural
nominative lawa lawakuna
accusative lawata lawakunata
dative lawaman lawakunaman
genitive lawap lawakunap
locative lawapi lawakunapi
terminative lawakama lawakunakama
ablative lawamanta lawakunamanta
instrumental lawawan lawakunawan
comitative lawantin lawakunantin
abessive lawannaq lawakunannaq
comparative lawahina lawakunahina
causative lawarayku lawakunarayku
benefactive lawapaq lawakunapaq
associative lawapura lawakunapura
distributive lawanka lawakunanka
exclusive lawalla lawakunalla
possessive forms of lawa
ñuqap - first-person singular
ñuqap (my) singular plural
nominative laway lawaykuna
accusative lawayta lawaykunata
dative lawayman lawaykunaman
genitive lawaypa lawaykunap
locative lawaypi lawaykunapi
terminative lawaykama lawaykunakama
ablative lawaymanta lawaykunamanta
instrumental lawaywan lawaykunawan
comitative lawaynintin lawaykunantin
abessive lawayninnaq lawaykunannaq
comparative lawayhina lawaykunahina
causative lawayrayku lawaykunarayku
benefactive lawaypaq lawaykunapaq
associative lawaypura lawaykunapura
distributive lawayninka lawaykunanka
exclusive lawaylla lawaykunalla
qampa - second-person singular
qampa (your) singular plural
nominative lawayki lawaykikuna
accusative lawaykita lawaykikunata
dative lawaykiman lawaykikunaman
genitive lawaykipa lawaykikunap
locative lawaykipi lawaykikunapi
terminative lawaykikama lawaykikunakama
ablative lawaykimanta lawaykikunamanta
instrumental lawaykiwan lawaykikunawan
comitative lawaykintin lawaykikunantin
abessive lawaykinnaq lawaykikunannaq
comparative lawaykihina lawaykikunahina
causative lawaykirayku lawaykikunarayku
benefactive lawaykipaq lawaykikunapaq
associative lawaykipura lawaykikunapura
distributive lawaykinka lawaykikunanka
exclusive lawaykilla lawaykikunalla
paypa - third-person singular
paypa (his/her/its) singular plural
nominative lawan lawankuna
accusative lawanta lawankunata
dative lawanman lawankunaman
genitive lawanpa lawankunap
locative lawanpi lawankunapi
terminative lawankama lawankunakama
ablative lawanmanta lawankunamanta
instrumental lawanwan lawankunawan
comitative lawanintin lawankunantin
abessive lawanninnaq lawankunannaq
comparative lawanhina lawankunahina
causative lawanrayku lawankunarayku
benefactive lawanpaq lawankunapaq
associative lawanpura lawankunapura
distributive lawaninka lawankunanka
exclusive lawanlla lawankunalla
ñuqanchikpa - first-person inclusive plural
ñuqanchikpa (our(incl)) singular plural
nominative lawanchik lawanchikkuna
accusative lawanchikta lawanchikkunata
dative lawanchikman lawanchikkunaman
genitive lawanchikpa lawanchikkunap
locative lawanchikpi lawanchikkunapi
terminative lawanchikkama lawanchikkunakama
ablative lawanchikmanta lawanchikkunamanta
instrumental lawanchikwan lawanchikkunawan
comitative lawanchiknintin lawanchikkunantin
abessive lawanchikninnaq lawanchikkunannaq
comparative lawanchikhina lawanchikkunahina
causative lawanchikrayku lawanchikkunarayku
benefactive lawanchikpaq lawanchikkunapaq
associative lawanchikpura lawanchikkunapura
distributive lawanchikninka lawanchikkunanka
exclusive lawanchiklla lawanchikkunalla
ñuqaykup - first-person exclusive plural
ñuqaykup (our(excl)) singular plural
nominative lawayku lawaykukuna
accusative lawaykuta lawaykukunata
dative lawaykuman lawaykukunaman
genitive lawaykupa lawaykukunap
locative lawaykupi lawaykukunapi
terminative lawaykukama lawaykukunakama
ablative lawaykumanta lawaykukunamanta
instrumental lawaykuwan lawaykukunawan
comitative lawaykuntin lawaykukunantin
abessive lawaykunnaq lawaykukunannaq
comparative lawaykuhina lawaykukunahina
causative lawaykurayku lawaykukunarayku
benefactive lawaykupaq lawaykukunapaq
associative lawaykupura lawaykukunapura
distributive lawaykunka lawaykukunanka
exclusive lawaykulla lawaykukunalla
qamkunap - second-person plural
qamkunap (your(pl)) singular plural
nominative lawaykichik lawaykichikkuna
accusative lawaykichikta lawaykichikkunata
dative lawaykichikman lawaykichikkunaman
genitive lawaykichikpa lawaykichikkunap
locative lawaykichikpi lawaykichikkunapi
terminative lawaykichikkama lawaykichikkunakama
ablative lawaykichikmanta lawaykichikkunamanta
instrumental lawaykichikwan lawaykichikkunawan
comitative lawaykichiknintin lawaykichikkunantin
abessive lawaykichikninnaq lawaykichikkunannaq
comparative lawaykichikhina lawaykichikkunahina
causative lawaykichikrayku lawaykichikkunarayku
benefactive lawaykichikpaq lawaykichikkunapaq
associative lawaykichikpura lawaykichikkunapura
distributive lawaykichikninka lawaykichikkunanka
exclusive lawaykichiklla lawaykichikkunalla
paykunap - third-person plural
paykunap (their) singular plural
nominative lawanku lawankukuna
accusative lawankuta lawankukunata
dative lawankuman lawankukunaman
genitive lawankupa lawankukunap
locative lawankupi lawankukunapi
terminative lawankukama lawankukunakama
ablative lawankumanta lawankukunamanta
instrumental lawankuwan lawankukunawan
comitative lawankuntin lawankukunantin
abessive lawankunnaq lawankukunannaq
comparative lawankuhina lawankukunahina
causative lawankurayku lawankukunarayku
benefactive lawankupaq lawankukunapaq
associative lawankupura lawankukunapura
distributive lawankunka lawankukunanka
exclusive lawankulla lawankukunalla

Ratagnon

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lawaq.

Noun

lawa

  1. spider

Swazi

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronoun

lawa

  1. those over there, yonder; class 6 remote demonstrative.

Tagakaulu Kalagan

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lawaq.

Noun

lawa

  1. spider

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Western Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *rawaq (“swamp; morass”). Cognate with Javanese ꦫꦮ (rawa), Indonesian, Malay rawa / rawah (“marsh”), and Sundanese ᮛᮔ᮪ᮎ (ranca, “swamp”).

Noun

lawà (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜏ)

  1. lake; lagoon
    Synonyms: dagat-dagatan, pulilan, laguna, danaw, lanaw
  2. any small flooded area
    Synonym: sanaw
Derived terms

Adjective

lawà (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜏ)

  1. (figurative) flooded; covered with water
    Synonym: sanaw

Etymology 2

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lawaq. Doublet of alalawa. Compare Bikol Central lawa, Butuanon lawa, Tausug lawa' and Waray-Waray lawa.

Noun

lawà (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜏ)

  1. (dialectal, Quezon, Marinduque) spider
    Synonyms: gagamba, alalawa, lawa-lawa, (uncommon) aranya

Further reading

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

Anagrams

Tausug

Etymology

Unknown.

Pronunciation

  • (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA(key): /lawa/
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Syllabification: la‧wa

Noun

lawa (Sulat Sūg spelling لَوَ)

  1. left hand, foot or limb
    Napukul in lawa niya.
    His left hand was amputated.
  2. left side

Antonyms

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From Malay labah-labah.

Noun

lawa

  1. spider

Waray-Waray

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lawaq.

Noun

lawà

  1. spider

West Makian

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ˈl̪a.wa/

Noun

lawa

  1. a door

References

  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎, Pacific linguistics

Western Bukidnon Manobo

Etymology

Akin to Higaonon lawa.

Noun

lawa

  1. body

Xhosa

Alternative forms

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronoun

lawa

  1. those over there, yonder; class 6 remote demonstrative.
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