pwa

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Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French pois (pea).

Pronunciation

Noun

pwa

  1. bean

Derived terms

Mokilese

Pronunciation

Conjunction

pwa

  1. that, so that, in order to
  2. because

Verb

pwa (progressive pwahpwahpwa)

  1. (intransitive) to say

Derived terms

References

Old Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pъva.

Pronunciation

Noun

pwa f

  1. (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

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Noun

pwa (ma class, plural mapwa)

  1. Alternative form of upwa