awa

awa

See also: Awa, áwa, ʻawa, āwa, ‘awa, awa-, -awa, and -awą

Translingual

Symbol

awa

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Awadhi.

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Angolar

Noun

awa

1. water

References

• Philippe Maurer, L'angolar: un créole afro-portugais parlé à São Tomé (1995, →ISBN: "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."

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Atong (India)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /awa/

Noun

awa (Bengali script আৱা)

1. father

Synonyms

• baba
• wa•

References

• van Breugel, Seino. 2015. Atong-English dictionary, second edition. Available online: https://www.academia.edu/487044/Atong_English_Dictionary.

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Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: a‧wa

Etymology 1

Unknown

Noun

awa

1. a wild sea dwelling milkfish (Chanos chanos); as opposed to milkfish raised in aquaculture (see usage notes)
2. the Hawaiian ladyfish (Elops hawaiensis)

Usage notes

• Awa, alternatively named inahan sa bangus, mainly refers to the wild milkfish while bangus refer mostly to the cultivated milkfish.

Etymology 2

Short for tan-awa

Interjection

awa

1. look!

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Chickasaw

Conjunction

awa

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

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Chuukese

Etymology

Borrowed from English hour.

Noun

awa

1. hour

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Guajajára

Noun

awa

1. man

Derived terms

• awakwer
• awanem
• awapihun
• awate

References

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

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Hausa

Etymology

Borrowed from English hour.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔá.wàː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [ʔá.wàː]
• Hyphenation: a‧wa

Noun

awā̀ f (plural awōyī, possessed form awàr̃)

1. hour

   Synonym: sa'a

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Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *awa (“channel, opening in a reef”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.wa/, [ˈɐʋə]

Noun

awa

1. channel, passage
2. port, harbor, cove

Related terms

• awāwa

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Hiligaynon

Noun

áwà

1. compassion, mercy, pity

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Jamamadí

Noun

awa

1. (Banawá) wood

References

• 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

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Japanese

Romanization

awa

1. Rōmaji transcription of あわ

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Kavalan

Etymology

From Japanese.

Noun

awa

1. drinkware; cup; glass

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Maori

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Polynesian *awa (“channel, opening in a reef”).

Other Polynesian languages generally retain the Proto-Polynesian meaning (e.g. Hawaiian awa); the word was adapted to mean "river" in Māori because the large rivers of New Zealand were more similar to channels than to the small streams (Proto-Polynesian *waitafe) the Māori knew before settling New Zealand.[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.wa/, [ɐ.wɐ]

Noun

awa

1. river, creek, stream

References

1. Bruce Biggs (1994), “New Words for a New World”, in A. K. Pawley; M. D. Ross, editors, Austronesian Terminologies: Continuity and Change (Pacific Linguistics Series C; 127), Australian National University, DOI:10.15144/PL-C127, page 25

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Marshallese

Etymology

From English hour, from Middle English houre, hour, oure, from Anglo-Norman houre, from Old French houre, (h)ore, from Latin hōra (“hour”), from Ancient Greek ὥρα (hṓra, “any time or period, whether of the year, month, or day”), from Proto-Indo-European *yeh₁- (“year, season”).

Pronunciation

• (phonetic) IPA^(key): [ɑwɑ]
• (phonemic) IPA^(key): /ɰæwæɰ/
• Bender phonemes: {hawah}

Noun

awa (construct form awaan)

1. (alienable) an hour
2. (alienable) a clock
3. (alienable) time

References

• Marshallese–English Online Dictionary

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Media Lengua

Noun

awa

1. water

References

• Pidgins and Creoles: An Introduction (1995, →ISBN

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Nigerian Pidgin

Etymology

From English our.

Adjective

awa

1. our

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Old Polish

Etymology

Univerbation of a +‎ wa.[1] First attested in the mid 14th century.

Particle

awa

1. here!

Descendants

• Polish: awa (obsolete)

References

1. J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “awa”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 73

• B. Sieradzka-Baziur, editor (2011–2015), “awa”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

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Papiamentu

Etymology

From Portuguese água and Spanish agua and Kabuverdianu agu.

The Portuguese word comes from Latin aqua.

The Latin word comes from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ekʷeh₂.

Noun

awa

1. water

References

• Pidgins and Creoles: An Introduction (1995, →ISBN

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Plains Cree

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈwa/

Pronoun

awa anim sg (animate plural ôki, inanimate singular ôma, inanimate plural ôhi, Syllabics ᐊᐊᐧ)

1. (preceding a noun) this

   nipâw awa atim ― this dog is sleeping

2. (following a noun) this is

   atim awa ― this is a dog

Related terms

• ana (“that”)
• nâha (“that (over there)”)

References

• awa in Plains Cree Online Dictionary

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Pohnpeian

Etymology

Borrowed 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

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Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish awa. By surface analysis, a Univerbation of a +‎ wa.[1] First attested in the mid 14th century.[2]

Particle

awa

1. (Middle Polish) Expresses uncertainty; maybe, perhaps [16th c][3]
2. (obsolete) interrogative particle: introduces a yes-no question [17th–19th c.][4][5]

References

1. J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “awa”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 73
2. • B. Sieradzka-Baziur, editor (2011–2015), “awa”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN
3. “awa”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish], 2010-2022
4. Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807-1814), “awa”, in Słownik języka polskiego
5. Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861), “awa”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861

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Scots

Etymology

From Middle English awey, from Old English onweġ.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /əˈwɑː/

Adverb

awa (not comparable)

1. away

Adjective

awa (comparative mair awa, superlative maist awa)

1. absent, gone, distant

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Tagalog

Alternative forms

• aua – obsolete, Abecedario orthography

Etymology

From Sanskrit अव (ava, “favor”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: a‧wa
• IPA^(key): /ˈʔawaʔ/, [ˈʔa.wɐʔ]

Noun

awà (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜏ)

1. compassion; mercy; pity

   Synonyms: habag, pagkahabag, hambal, lunos

Derived terms

• awang-awa
• ipagmakaawa
• kaawaan
• kaawa-awa
• kawanggawa
• kawawa
• maawa
• maawain
• magmakaawa
• mapagkawanggawa
• naaawa
• nakaaawa
• nasa Diyos ang awa, nasa tao ang gawa
• pagkaawa
• pagkakawanggawa
• pagkamaawain
• pagmamakaawa
• walang-awa

 

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Ternate

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈa.wa]

Noun

awa

1. rainbow

Etymology 2

Possibly the same as the previous etymology, as a semantic extension.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈa.wa]

Noun

awa

1. sign, mark

References

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

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Yami

Noun

awa

1. sea

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Yoruba

Alternative forms

• ìn-a (Ekiti)

Etymology

Cognate with Igala àwa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /à.wā/

Pronoun

àwa

1. we (emphatic first-person plural personal pronoun)

See also

Affirmative subject pronouns

	singular	plural or honorific
1st person	mo	a
2nd person	o	ẹ
3rd person	ó	wọ́n

Negative subject pronouns

	singular	plural or honorific
1st person	mi / n	a
2nd person	o	ẹ
3rd person	[pronoun dropped]	wọn

Object pronouns

	singular	plural or honorific
1st person	mi	wa
2nd person	ọ / ẹ	yín
3rd person	[preceding vowel repeated for monosyllabic verbs] / ẹ̀	wọn

Note: except for yín, object pronouns have a high tone following a low or mid tone monosyllabic verb, and a mid tone following a high tone. For complex verbs, the tone does not change.

Emphatic pronouns

	singular	plural or honorific
1st person	èmi	àwa
2nd person	ìwọ	ẹ̀yin
3rd person	òun	àwọn

Ijebu personal pronouns

Number	Person	Affirmative Subject Pronoun	Negative Subject Pronoun	Emphatic Pronoun	Possessive Pronoun	Object Pronoun	Possessive Determiner	Reflexive Pronoun
Singular	First	mo	mí	èmi	tèmi	mi		ara mi
	Second	wo	wé	ùwọ	tiẹ	ẹ		ara ẹ
	Third	ó, é	[pronoun dropped]	òwun, òun	tiẹ̀	ẹ̀		ara ẹ̀
Plural and Honorific	First	a	á	àwa	tẹni	ẹni		ara ẹni
	Second	wẹn	wẹ́n	ẹ̀wẹn	tiwẹn	wẹn		ara wẹn
	Third	wọ́n		ọ̀wọn	tiwọn	wọn		ara wọn

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Zazaki

Noun

awa

1. accusative singular of aw