fwa

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Bemba[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Bantu *-kúa.

Verb[edit]

fwa

  1. to die

Haitian Creole[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From French foie (“liver”).

Noun[edit]

fwa

  1. liver

Etymology 2[edit]

From French fois.

Noun[edit]

fwa

  1. time

Kituba[edit]

Verb[edit]

fwa

  1. to die

Kumak[edit]

Noun[edit]

fwa

  1. hole, opening

References[edit]

  • I. Bril, Dictionnaire Nelemwa-Nixumwak (2000)
  • Pavol Štekauer, Salvador Valera, Lívia Kőrtvélyessy, Word-Formation in the World's Languages: A Typological Survey (2012)

Luba-Kasai[edit]

Verb[edit]

fwa

  1. to die

Mauritian Creole[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From French fois.

Noun[edit]

fwa

  1. time (an instance of something happening)

Usage notes[edit]

Used to form the adverbials of numbers that do not have lexical adverbial forms. For example, once is enn fwa.

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