Tawa

See also: tawa and tawā

Translingual

†Tawa hallae life restoration

†Tawa hallae skeletal diagram, with known material in white and unknown in grey

Etymology

Borrowed from Hopi Tawa (“Puebloan sun god”). See Tawa (mythology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Proper noun

†Tawa

1. A taxonomic genus within the clade Theropoda – a dinosaur from the Late Triassic, possibly a basal theropod.

Hyponyms

• (genus): †Tawa hallae – sole species

References

• Tawa hallae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Tawa on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Tawa on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

English

Etymology

From Maori; see English tawa (“tree”).

Proper noun

Tawa

1. An outer suburb of Wellington, New Zealand.

References

• NZ Topo Map

Anagrams

• Awat

Nheengatu

Etymology

From tawa (“city”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtawa/
• Rhymes: -awa
• Hyphenation: ta‧wa
• Homophones: -tawa, tawa

Proper noun

Tawa (Rio Negro)

1. São Gabriel da Cachoeira (a municipality of Amazonas, Brazil)
   • 2020 March, Elizângela da Silva Baré, Edson Gomes Baré, transl., edited by Juliana Radler, COVID-19 asui tawa wasu ĩdigena makatu nesui‎^[1], São Gabriel da Cachoeira: Instituto Socioambiental, translation of Coronavírus (Covid-19) - Tome cuidado, parente!, page 8:

     Awa uikuwa Tawa upé: / Ũba arama taiku mamẽ siiya waa míra. / Yaikurã apekatu mira tasuí urikuwaá gripe.

     Those that are in São Gabriel da Cachoeira: don't be where there are many people. Stay away from people that have the flu.

References

• Marcel Twardowsky Avila (2021) “Tawa”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português [Nheengatu–Portuguese dictionary proposal] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, →DOI, page 743