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: "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."

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!

Chickasaw

Conjunction

awa

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

Chuukese

Etymology

Borrowed from English hour.

Noun

awa

  1. hour

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

Etymology

Borrowed from English hour.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʔá.wàː/
  • Hyphenation: a‧wa

Noun

awā̀ f (plural awōyī, possessed form awàr̃)

  1. hour
    Synonym: sa'a

Hawaiian

Noun

awa

  1. port

Hiligaynon

Noun

áwà

  1. compassion, mercy, pity

Jamamadí

Noun

awa

  1. (Banawá) wood

References


Japanese

Romanization

awa

  1. Rōmaji transcription of あわ

Kavalan

Etymology

From Japanese.

Noun

awa

  1. drinkware; cup; glass

Media Lengua

Noun

awa

  1. water

References

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

Nigerian Pidgin

Etymology

From English our.

Adjective

awa

  1. our

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

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

Scots

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /əˈwɑː/

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

Zazaki

Noun

awa

  1. accusative singular of aw
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