dawa

See also: da'wa and Dawa

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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Bikol Central

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: da‧wa
• IPA^(key): /ˈdawaʔ/

Conjunction

dawà

1. even if; even so; even though; although

   Synonym: maski

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Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: da‧wa
• IPA^(key): /ˈdawa/, [ˈd̪a.wʌ]

Noun

dawa

1. millet

   Synonym: kabog

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Hausa

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

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

Noun

dāwā̀ f (plural dāwōyī, possessed form dāwàr̃)

1. sorghum

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dá.wà/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [də́.wə̀]

Noun

dawà m (possessed form dawàn)

1. the bush, the forest

Derived terms

• mugun dawa

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Iraqw

Noun

dawa m (plural dabee f)

1. hand, arm
2. instrument, custom, measures

References

• Mous, Maarten; Qorro, Martha; Kießling, Roland (2002) Iraqw-English Dictionary (Kuschitische Sprachstudien), volume 18, Köln, Germany: Rüdiger Köppe Verlag, →ISBN, page 19

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Javanese

Etymology

From Old Javanese dawa.

Adjective

dawa

1. Romanization of ꦢꦮ (“long”)

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Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdawa]

Verb

dawa

1. third-person singular present of dawaś

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Old Javanese

Adjective

dawa

1. long

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Puyuma

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *zawa. Compare Hiligaynon dawa, Cebuano dawa, Tagalog dawa, Waray-Waray dawa, and Tausug dawa.

Noun

dawa

1. foxtail millet grain

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Sakizaya

Noun

dawa

1. cloth

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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).

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya)

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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".

Derived terms

• dawa ya mapenzi (“love potion”)
• dawa ya meno (“toothpaste”)
• dawa ya mswaki (“toothpaste”)
• dawa ya viatu (“shoe polish”)
• dawa ya wadudu (“insecticide”)

References

• Baldi, Sergio (2020-11-30) Dictionary of Arabic Loanwords in the Languages of Central and East Africa (Handbuch der Orientalistik; Erste Abteilung: Der Nahe und der Mittlere Osten; 145), Leiden • Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 109 Nr. 969

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Tagalog

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *zawa. Compare Hiligaynon dawa, Cebuano dawa, Puyuma dawa, Waray-Waray dawa, and Tausug dawa. Theorized also to be from Sanskrit यव (yava, “barley; grain; cereal”).

Pronunciation 1

• Hyphenation: da‧wa
• IPA^(key): /ˈdawaʔ/, [ˈda.wɐʔ]

Noun

dawà

1. millet (Panicum miliaceum)

Pronunciation 2

• Hyphenation: da‧wa
• IPA^(key): /daˈwaʔ/, [dɐˈwaʔ]

Noun

dawâ

1. (obsolete) the act of getting something from a cave

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Tausug

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *zawa.

Noun

dawa

1. millet

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Welsh

Verb

dawa

1. Soft mutation of tawa.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
tawa	dawa	nhawa	thawa
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Western Apache

Pronoun

dawa

1. everything

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Yoruba

Etymology

From Hausa dāwā̀.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dá.wà/

Noun

dáwà

1. sorghum

   Synonyms: jéró, ọkà bàbà