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Haitian Creole
Etymology
From French pois (“pea”).
Pronunciation
Noun
pwa
- bean
Derived terms
Mokilese
Pronunciation
Conjunction
pwa
- that, so that, in order to
- because
Verb
pwa (progressive pwahpwahpwa)
- (intransitive) to say
Derived terms
References
Old Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pъva.
Pronunciation
Noun
pwa f
- (attested in Lesser Poland) trust, confidence
1939 [end of the 14th century], Ryszard Ganszyniec, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Kubica, Ludwik Bernacki, editors, Psałterz florjański łacińsko-polsko-niemiecki [Sankt Florian Psalter], Krakow: Zakład Narodowy imienia Ossolińskich, z zasiłkiem Sejmu Śląskiego [The Ossoliński National Institute: with the benefit of the Silesian Parliament], pages 2, 13:Blogoslaweni wszistcy, gisz ymaiø w nem pwø (qui confidunt in eo)- [Błogosławieni wszystcy, jiż imają w niem pwę (qui confidunt in eo)]
References
- B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “pwa”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN
Swahili
Pronunciation
Noun
pwa (ma class, plural mapwa)
- Alternative form of upwa