kawu

Barngarla

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡawu/

Noun

kawu

1. water

Alternative forms

• kauo
• kawi

References

• Clamor Wilhelm Schürmann, A Vocabulary of the Parnkalla Language Spoken by the Natives Inhabiting the Western Shores of Spencer's Gulf: To which is Prefixed a Collection of Grammatical Rules Hitherto Ascertained (1962)
• Mark Clendon, Clamor Schürmann’s Barngarla grammar: A commentary (2015)

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Hausa

Etymology

Borrowed from Fula kaawu.

Noun

kā̀wu m (plural kā̀wùnai, possessed form kā̀wun)

1. maternal uncle

   Synonym: rafani