bawa

See also: Bawa, ɓawa, and baŵa

Garawa

Noun

bawa

1. older sibling

References

• Ilana Mushin, A Grammar of (Western) Garrwa (2012)

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Hausa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /báː.wàː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [báː.wàː]

Noun

bāwā̀ m (feminine bâiwā, plural bāyī, possessed form bāwàn)

1. slave

Derived terms

• bàutā
• bautar
• bawan Allah

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay bawa, from Classical Malay bawa, which was first attested in the Kedukan Bukit inscription, 683AD with the Old Malay mava in inflected form mamāwa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baba, from Proto-Austronesian *baba.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbawa]
• Hyphenation: ba‧wa

Verb

bawa (base-imperative bawa, active membawa, ordinary passive dibawa, adversative passive terbawa)

1. to carry

Conjugation

Conjugation of bawa (meng-, transitive)
Root	bawa
	Active	Involuntary	Passive	Basic / Imperative	Jussive
Active	membawa	terbawa	dibawa	bawa	bawalah
Locative
Causative / Applicative1	membawakan		dibawakan	bawakan	bawakanlah
	Causative
Active
Locative
Causative / Applicative1
1The -kan row is either causative or applicative, with transitive roots it mostly has applicative meaning. Notes: Some of these forms do normally not exist or are rarely used in standard Indonesian. Some forms may also change meaning.

Derived terms

• bawaan
• berbawaan
• berpembawaan
• membawa
• membawa-bawa
• membawakan
• pembawa
• pembawaan
• sepembawa
• terbawa
• terbawa-bawa

 

Further reading

• “bawa” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

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Kavalan

Noun

bawa

1. boat

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Makasar

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baqbaq.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbawa]

Noun

bawa (Lontara spelling ᨅᨓ)

1. (anatomy) mouth

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Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baba. First attested in the Kedukan Bukit inscription, 683AD.

Pronunciation

• Audio (MY):

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Verb

bawa (Jawi spelling باوا)

1. to carry

Further reading

• “bawa” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

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Maranao

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baba.

Verb

bawa

1. to carry (as on the back)

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Southern Ndebele

Verb

-bawa^?

1. to request, to ask

Inflection

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Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Noun

bawa (ma class, plural mabawa)

1. Alternative form of ubawa

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Tagalog

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ba‧wa
• IPA^(key): /ˈbawa/, [ˈbaː.wɐ]

Noun

bawa

1. diminution; mitigation

Derived terms

• bawahan
• magbawa
• magpabawa
• makabawa
• makapagpabawa
• pagbabawa
• pagbawahin
• pagpapabawa
• papagbawahin
• walang-bawa

 

Determiner

bawa

1. (obsolete) each; every

   Synonyms: bawat, kada

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Ternate

Etymology

From Malay bawang.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈba.wa]

Noun

bawa

1. onion

References

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

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Waskia

Noun

bawa

1. brother

References

• Corinna Handschuh, A typology of marked-S languages