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Pronunciation
Noun
xwa
- (anatomy) hand
References
Canela
Etymology
From Proto-Northern Jê *ĵwa (“tooth”) < Proto-Cerrado *jwa (“tooth”) < Proto-Jê *jô (“tooth”).
Pronunciation
Noun
xwa
- tooth
Wa apu ixwa gyj.- I grind my teeth.
Rop wa japrãr to mõ.- The dog is going along showing its teeth.
Tarifit
Etymology
Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic خوا, from Arabic خوى.
Pronunciation
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Verb
xwa (Tifinagh spelling ⵅⵡⴰ)
- (transitive) to empty, to evacuate
- (transitive) to abandon, to leave
Conjugation
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Derived terms
- Causative: sexwa (“to dispel, to evict”)
- řexwa (“emptiness”)
- ixwa (“empty”)