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Afar
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /luˈwa/
- Hyphenation: lu‧wa
Noun
luwá f
- hunger
Synonyms
Bikol Central
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /luˈaʔ/
- Hyphenation: lu‧wa
Noun
luwâ (Basahan spelling ᜎᜓᜏ)
- spit; spew
- Synonym: lutab
Derived terms
Cebuano
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: lu‧wa
- IPA(key): /luˈaʔ/
Noun
luwâ
- spit
Verb
luwâ
- to spit; to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth
- to eject; to cause (something) to come out of a machine
- to come out of a machine
Dupaningan Agta
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *luheq, from Proto-Austronesian *luSeq. Cognate with Paiwan luseq.
Noun
luwá
- tear
Mwani
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *dìdʊ̀bà.
Noun
luwa class 11 (plural mawa)
- flower
Tagalog
Etymology 1
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *luaq (cf. Cebuano luwa, Fijian lua, Malagasy lua, Malay luah, and Maori ruaki).
Pronunciation
Noun
luwâ (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜓᜏ)
- ejection from the mouth; spitting (of an object in one's mouth)
- Synonym: buga
- bulging out; sticking out (of something)
- (by extension) ejection (as from a machine, etc.)
- object that was ejected or bulging
Derived terms
Adjective
luwâ (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜓᜏ)
- bulging out; sticking out (of something)
Etymology 2
See loa.
Pronunciation
Noun
luwa (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜓᜏ)
- Alternative form of loa
Tumbuka
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *dìdʊ̀bà.
Noun
luwa class 11 (plural maluwa class 6)
- flower