adawa

Hausa

Etymology

From Arabic عَدَاوَة (ʕadāwa).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

àdāwā̀ f (possessed form àdāwàr̃)

1. hatred
2. opposition

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies

ALIV	adawa
Brazilian standard	adaawa
New Tribes	adaawa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [adaːwa]

Noun

adawa

1. (Cunucunuma River dialect) Alternative form of ayawa (“a tree, Protium heptaphyllum, from which a sticky transparent liquid is extracted; a torch, a light, typically made from this liquid wrapped in Oenocarpus bataua leaves; the bodypaint made from this liquid; bodypaint in general”)