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."

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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!

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Chickasaw

Conjunction

awa

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

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Chuukese

Etymology

Borrowed from English hour.

Noun

awa

1. hour

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Guajajára

Noun

awa

1. man

Derived terms

• awakwer
• awanem
• awapihun
• awate

References

• “awa” in Carl Harrison, Carole Harrison, Dicionário Guajajára-Português, Associação Internacional de Linguística SIL - Brasil, 2013.

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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

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Hawaiian

Noun

awa

1. port

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Hiligaynon

Noun

áwà

1. compassion, mercy, pity

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Jamamadí

Noun

awa

1. (Banawá) wood

References

• 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

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Japanese

Romanization

awa

1. Rōmaji transcription of あわ

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Kavalan

Etymology

From Japanese.

Noun

awa

1. drinkware; cup; glass

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Media Lengua

Noun

awa

1. water

References

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

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Nigerian Pidgin

Etymology

From English our.

Adjective

awa

1. our

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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

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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

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Scots

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /əˈwɑː/

Adverb

awa (not comparable)

1. away

Adjective

awa (comparative mair awa, superlative maist awa)

1. absent, gone, distant

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Tagalog

Etymology

From Sanskrit अव (ava, “favor”).

Noun

awà

1. compassion, mercy, pity