dawa

See also: da'wa

English

Etymology

From Swahili dawa (“medicine”).

Noun

dawa (plural dawas)

1. (East Africa) A medicine, particularly a native one or one used by witch doctors.
2. (Kenya) A cocktail made with vodka, honey, and lime juice.

Anagrams

• Awad, WADA, Wada, adaw

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Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: da‧wa

Noun

dawa

1. millet

Synonyms

• (millet): kabog

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Hausa

Noun

dāwā̀ f (plural dāwōyī, possessed form dāwàr̃)

1. sorghum

Noun

dawà m (possessed form dawàn)

1. the bush, the woods

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Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdawa]

Verb

dawa

1. third-person singular present of dawaś

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Sundanese

Noun

dawa

1. lawsuit; a dispute carried before a court or authority.

References

• “Dawa” in Jonathan Rigg, A Dictionary of the Sunda language (1862), page 103.

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Swahili

Etymology

From Arabic دَوَاء‎ (dawāʾ).

Noun

dawa (n class, plural dawa) or dawa (ma class, plural madawa)

1. medicine

Usage notes

In its strictest sense, this word means "medicine", but is used generally for anything that improves or protects the condition of another thing; for example dawa ya viatu (“dawa of the shoes”) means "shoe polish".

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Welsh

Verb

dawa

1. Soft mutation of tawa.