fwa

See also: FWA

Translingual

Symbol

fwa

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Fwâi.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Fwâi terms

Bemba

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-kúa (“to die”), from Proto-Atlantic-Congo *kwwú- (“to die”).

Verb

-fwa (infinitive ukufwa)

1. to die
2. to be out of order

Derived terms

• -fwila

References

• Reverend E. Hoch (1998), Bemba - English/English - Bemba‎^[1], Hippocrene Books, page 33

Guianese Creole

Etymology

From French fois.

Noun

fwa

1. time (an instance or repetition of something happening)

References

• Barthelemi, Georges (1995), Dictionnaire Pratique Créole Guyanais - Français [Practical Guianese Creole-French Dictionary] (in French), Cayenne: Ibis Rouge Éditions, →ISBN, page 88

Haitian Creole

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fwa/

Etymology 1

From French foie (“liver”).

Noun

fwa

1. liver

Etymology 2

From French foi (“faith”).

Noun

fwa

1. faith

Etymology 3

From French fois (“time”).

Noun

fwa

1. time (an instance or repetition of something happening)

References

• Targète, Jean; Urciolo, Raphael (1993), Haitian Creole-English Dictionary‎^[2], Dunwoody Press, →ISBN, page 72

Kituba

Etymology

Borrowed from Kongo fwa.

Verb

fwa

1. to die

Kongo

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-kúa (“to die”), from Proto-Atlantic-Congo *kwwú- (“to die”).

Verb

fwa

1. to die

Derived terms

• fuwa (“passive form of "fwa"”)

References

• William Holman Bentley (1887), Dictionary and Grammar of the Kongo Language, as spoken at San Salvador, the Ancient Capital of the Old Kongo Empire, West Africa‎^[3], Baptist Missionary Society, pages 56, 280

Kumak

Noun

fwa

1. hole, opening

References

• 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

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-kúa (“to die”), from Proto-Atlantic-Congo *kwwú- (“to die”).

Verb

fwa

1. to die

Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From French fois.

Noun

fwa

1. time (an instance of something happening)

   Synonym: kou

References

• Baker, Philip; Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. (1987), Diksiyoner kreol morisyeṅ [Mauritian Creole Dictionary] (in French and English), Paris: L'Harmattan, →ISBN, page 113
• Carpooran, Arnaud (2011), Diksioner Morisien [Mauritian Dictionary] (in Mauritian Creole), second edition, Éditions Le Printemps, →ISBN, page 382

Nsenga

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-kúa (“to die”), from Proto-Atlantic-Congo *kwwú- (“to die”).

Verb

-fwa (infinitive kufwa)

1. to die

Derived terms

• imfwa (“death”)

References

• The Bible Society of Zambia, Chinsenga New Testament, 2015

Nyamwanga

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-kúa (“to die”), from Proto-Atlantic-Congo *kwwú- (“to die”).

Verb

-fwa (infinitive ukufwa)

1. to die

Derived terms

• imfwa (“death”)

References

• Bible Society of Zambia, WAKALATA WANO WALI, 1982

Tumbuka

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-kúa (“to die”), from Proto-Atlantic-Congo *kwwú- (“to die”).

Verb

-fwa (infinitive kufwa)

1. to die.

Derived terms

• -fwila (“to die on someone's behalf”)
• nyifwa (“death”)

References

• William Y. Turner (1996), Tumbuka/Tonga-English and English - Tumbuka/Tonga Dictionary‎^[4], Central Africana Limited