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awa

awa

See also: áwa and āwa

Angolar

Noun

awa

  1. water

References

  • Philippe Maurer, L'angolar: un créole afro-portugais parlé à São Tomé (1995, ISBN 3875481127): "awa [HH] eau (ptg. agua). awa boka bave. awa ngairu ruisseau, fleuve. awa ȏngȇ n'na ome sperme. awa rago ~ rogo eau de noix de coco. awa wȇ larme."

Chickasaw

Conjunction

awa

  1. and (used only in numerical expressions such as awa chaffa)

Chuukese

Etymology

Borrowing from English hour.

Noun

awa

  1. hour

Gothic

Romanization

awa

  1. Romanization of 𐌰𐍅𐌰

Guajajára

Noun

awa

  1. man

Derived terms

References

  • “awa” in Carl Harrison, Carole Harrison, Dicionário Guajajára-Português, Associação Internacional de Linguística SIL - Brasil, 2013.

Hausa

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: a‧wa

Noun

awā̀ f (plural awoyi)

  1. hour

Hawaiian

Noun

awa

  1. port

Hiligaynon

Noun

áwà

  1. compassion, mercy, pity

Japanese

Romanization

awa

  1. rōmaji reading of あわ

Media Lengua

Noun

awa

  1. water

References

  • Pidgins and Creoles: An Introduction (1995, ISBN 902725236X)

Nigerian Pidgin

Etymology

From English our.

Adjective

awa

  1. our

Papiamentu

Etymology

Borrowing from Spanish agua, from Old Spanish agua, from Latin aqua, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ekʷeh₂.

Noun

awa

  1. water

References

  • Pidgins and Creoles: An Introduction (1995, ISBN 902725236X)

Pohnpeian

Etymology

Borrowing from English hour, from Middle English houre, oure, from Anglo-Norman houre, from Old French houre, (h)ore, from Latin hōra (hour), from Ancient Greek ὥρα (hṓra), from Proto-Indo-European *yeh₁- (year, season).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɐwɐ/

Noun

awa

  1. hour

Scots

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ə'wɑ:/

Adverb

awa (not comparable)

  1. away

Adjective

awa (comparative mair awa, superlative maist awa)

  1. absent, gone, distant

Tagalog

Etymology

From Sanskrit अव (ava, favor).

Noun

awà

  1. compassion, mercy, pity