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Cebuano
Etymology
From Spanish llave (“key”), from Latin clāvis (“key”).
Noun
yawe
- key
Swahili
Verb
yawe
- ji-ma class subject inflected plural subjunctive affirmative of -wa
Tagalog
Alternative forms
Etymology
Early borrowing from Spanish llave (“key”), from Latin clāvis (“key”). Doublet of liyabe.
Pronunciation
Noun
yawe (Baybayin spelling ᜌᜏᜒ) (uncommon)
- key
- Synonyms: susi, liyabe
Derived terms
Further reading
- “yawe”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
- San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero, La Noble Villa de Pila
- page 397: “Llaue) (pp) cualquiera queſea”
- page 613: “Zerrar) (pp) C. con llaue”
Wandala
Alternative forms
Etymology
Ultimately from Proto-Chadic *ymn.
Noun
yàwè
- water
References
- Topics in Chadic linguistics 3, volume 3 (2007)