etwa

German

Etymology

Ousted etwan in the nineteenth century.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈɛtva]
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Adverb

etwa

  1. approximately
  2. for instance
  3. by any chance
  4. (modal) really (expresses the expectation of a negative answer)
    Willst du etwa schon gehen?
    Do you really want to leave so soon?

Synonyms

See also

Nzadi

Noun

etwâ (plural atwâ)

  1. bag

Noun

etwâ (plural etwâ)

  1. banana cluster

Further reading
  • Crane, Thera; Larry Hyman; Simon Nsielanga Tukumu (2011) A grammar of Nzadi [B.865]: a Bantu language of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, ISBN 9780520098862
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