nawa

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See also: Nawa, NAWA, náwa, nawă, nawą, Nawą, ɲawa, ŋawa, and nawa-

Bikol Central

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /naˈwa/
  • Hyphenation: na‧wa

Noun

nawá (Basahan spelling ᜈᜏ)

  1. birthmark
    Synonym: pamalit

Fijian

Adjective

nawa

  1. afloat, adrift (more specifically, sa nawa)

Verb

nawa

  1. to float, to drift

Herero

Adverb

nawa

  1. well, nicely

Japanese

Romanization

nawa

  1. Rōmaji transcription of なわ

Malay

Malay cardinal numbers
 <  8 9 10  > 
    Cardinal : nawa

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Sanskrit नवन् (návan), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥.

Pronunciation

Numeral

nawa (Jawi spelling ناوا)

  1. nine

Synonyms

Further reading

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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nawa

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin nāvis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈna.va/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ava
  • Syllabification: na‧wa
  • Homophone: Nawa

Noun

nawa f (related adjective nawowy)

  1. (architecture) nave (the middle body of a church)
  2. (literary) country, state (sovereign polity)
    Synonyms: kraj, państwo
  3. (obsolete, nautical) craft, ship, vessel
    Synonym: statek

Declension

Declension of nawa
singular plural
nominative nawa nawy
genitive nawy naw
dative nawie nawom
accusative nawę nawy
instrumental nawą nawami
locative nawie nawach
vocative nawo nawy

Further reading

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

Sotho

Noun

nawa class 9/10 (plural dinawa)

  1. bean

Swahili

Pronunciation

Verb

-nawa (infinitive kunawa)

  1. to wash (a part of the body, especially the hands)

Conjugation

Conjugation of -nawa
Positive present -nanawa
Subjunctive -nawe
Negative -nawi
Imperative singular nawa
Infinitives
Positive kunawa
Negative kutonawa
Imperatives
Singular nawa
Plural naweni
Tensed forms
Habitual hunawa
Positive past positive subject concord + -linawa
Negative past negative subject concord + -kunawa
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nanawa)
Singular Plural
1st person ninanawa/nanawa tunanawa
2nd person unanawa mnanawa
3rd person m-wa(I/II) ananawa wananawa
other classes positive subject concord + -nanawa
Negative present (negative subject concord + -nawi)
Singular Plural
1st person sinawi hatunawi
2nd person hunawi hamnawi
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hanawi hawanawi
other classes negative subject concord + -nawi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tanawa
Negative future negative subject concord + -tanawa
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -nawe)
Singular Plural
1st person ninawe tunawe
2nd person unawe mnawe
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anawe wanawe
other classes positive subject concord + -nawe
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sinawe
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngenawa
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singenawa
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalinawa
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalinawa
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -anawa)
Singular Plural
1st person nanawa twanawa
2nd person wanawa mwanawa
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anawa wanawa
m-mi(III/IV) wanawa yanawa
ji-ma(V/VI) lanawa yanawa
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chanawa vyanawa
n(IX/X) yanawa zanawa
u(XI) wanawa see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwanawa
pa(XVI) panawa
mu(XVIII) mwanawa
Perfect positive subject concord + -menawa
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshanawa
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -janawa
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kinawa
"If not" positive subject concord + -siponawa
Consecutive kanawa / positive subject concord + -kanawa
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kanawe
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -ninawa -tunawa
2nd person -kunawa -wanawa/-kunaweni/-wanaweni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mnawa -wanawa
m-mi(III/IV) -unawa -inawa
ji-ma(V/VI) -linawa -yanawa
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kinawa -vinawa
n(IX/X) -inawa -zinawa
u(XI) -unawa see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kunawa
pa(XVI) -panawa
mu(XVIII) -munawa
Reflexive -jinawa
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -nawa- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -nawaye -nawao
m-mi(III/IV) -nawao -nawayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -nawalo -nawayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -nawacho -nawavyo
n(IX/X) -nawayo -nawazo
u(XI) -nawao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -nawako
pa(XVI) -nawapo
mu(XVIII) -nawamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -nawa)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yenawa -onawa
m-mi(III/IV) -onawa -yonawa
ji-ma(V/VI) -lonawa -yonawa
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chonawa -vyonawa
n(IX/X) -yonawa -zonawa
u(XI) -onawa see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -konawa
pa(XVI) -ponawa
mu(XVIII) -monawa
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

See also

  • -osha (“to wash (more general)”)

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Interjection

nawâ! (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜏ)

  1. (formal) Said in hope that something will happen: may it be so!; so be it!; let it be so!; indeed
    Synonyms: sana, harimanawari, harinawa
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

nawá (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜏ) (obsolete)

  1. easiness
    Synonym: dali
Derived terms

Further reading

Anagrams

Tboli

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nihawa.

Noun

nawa

  1. feelings

Tswana

Pronunciation

Noun

nawa class 9 (plural dinawa)

  1. bean, pea
  2. (anatomy) clitoris
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