bawa

See also: Bawa, ɓawa, and baŵa

Garawa

Noun

bawa

1. older sibling

References

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

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

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. Compare to Old Javanese wawa (“to bring, to carry”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbä.wä]
• Hyphenation: ba‧wa

Verb

bawa (base-imperative bawa, active membawa, passive dibawa, involuntary 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	membawai	terbawai	dibawai	bawai	bawailah
Causative / Applicative1	membawakan	terbawakan	dibawakan	bawakan	bawakanlah
	Causative
Active	memperbawa	terperbawa	diperbawa	perbawa	perbawalah
Locative	memperbawai	terperbawai	diperbawai	perbawai	perbawailah
Causative / Applicative1	memperbawaikan	terperbawakan	diperbawakan	perbawakan	perbawakanlah
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.

Kavalan

Noun

bawa

1. boat

Makasar

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baqbaq.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbawa]

Noun

bawa (Lontara spelling ᨅᨓ)

1. (anatomy) mouth

Malay

Alternative forms

• bawak
• bak

Etymology

From Classical Malay bawa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baba₁, from Proto-Austronesian *baba₁. Compare to Old Javanese wawa (“to bring, to carry”).

First attested in the Kedukan Bukit inscription, 683AD, as Old Malay [script needed] (mava) in inflected form mamāwa.

Pronunciation

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /bawə/, /bawa/, /bawaʔ/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /bawa/, /bawə/, /bawaʔ/

• Audio (Malaysia):

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• Rhymes: -a

Verb

bawa (Jawi spelling باوا)

1. to carry.
2. to take or lead someone to a certain place.

   Tolong bawa saya ke sana.

   Please take me there.

3. to cause something.
4. to involve into a certain event.
5. (informal) to drive a vehicle

   Bawa elok-elok kereta di jalan.

   Drive the car carefully on the road.

Further reading

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

Maranao

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baba.

Verb

bawa

1. to carry (as on the back)

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

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈbawa/ [ˈbaː.wɐ]
• Rhymes: -awa
• Syllabification: ba‧wa

Noun

bawa (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜏ)

1. diminution; mitigation

Derived terms

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

 

Determiner

bawa (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜏ) (obsolete)

1. each; every

   Synonyms: bawat, kada

See also

• bala
• halimbawa
• pawa

 

Further reading

• “bawa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

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

Waskia

Noun

bawa

1. brother

References

• Corinna Handschuh, A typology of marked-S languages