kwa

See also: Kwa, -kʷa, and kwa-

Dumbea

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koa/

Noun

kwa

1. sky

References

• Leenhardt, M. (1946) Langues et dialectes de l'Austro-Mèlanèsie. Cited in: "ⁿDuᵐbea" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.
• Shintani, T.L.A. & Païta, Y. (1990) Dictionnaire de la langue de Païta, Nouméa: Sociéte d'etudes historiques de Nouvelle-Calédonie. Cited in: "Drubea" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French croix (“cross”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kwa/

Noun

kwa

1. cross

Japanese

Romanization

kwa

1. The katakana syllable クァ (kwa) in Hepburn-like romanization.
2. The katakana syllable クヮ (kwa) in Hepburn-like romanization.

Northern Sotho

Etymology

Cognate with Sotho utlwa.

Verb

kwa

1. to hear, to listen

Pipil

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʷa/

Verb

-kwa

1. (transitive) to eat

   Maka shikwakan ne pujpula selek

   Don't eat the plantains uncooked

Polish

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kfa/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: kwa

Interjection

kwa

1. (usually reduplicated) quack; onomatopoeia for the sound of a duck

Related terms

• kaczka

 

• kwakać

 

• kwakanie

 

Further reading

• kwa in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• kwa in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Rwanda-Rundi

Verb

-kwá (infinitive gukwá, perfective -kôye)

1. pay bride price

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Particle

kwa

1. Ku class inflected form of -a.
2. -ly (used before nouns to form adverbs of manner, instrument, etc.)

Preposition

kwa

1. by, with
2. for
3. from
4. Makes fractions where the numerator is not one, in the format denominator kwa numerator.

Derived terms

• kwa heri
• kwa nini
• kwa vile
• kwa shingo upande

West Frisian

Preposition

kwa

1. in terms of

   Sina is kwa ynwennertal it grutste lân op de wrâld. -- In terms of number of inhabitants, China is the greatest country in the world.