awa

See also: Appendix:Variations of "awa"

Languages (35)

Translingual • English

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Angolar • Atong (India) • Cebuano • Chickasaw • Chuukese • Guajajára • Gun • Hausa • Hawaiian • Hiligaynon • Jamamadí • Japanese • Javanese • Kavalan • Maori • Marshallese • Media Lengua • Nheengatu • Nigerian Pidgin • Old English • Old Polish • Papiamentu • Plains Cree • Pohnpeian • Polish • Scots • Spanish • Tagalog • Ternate • Yami • Ye'kwana • Yoruba • Zazaki

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Translingual

Symbol

awa

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Awadhi.

English

Etymology

From Hawaiian ʻawa.

Noun

awa (uncountable)

1. Kava, specifically Piper methysticum.
   • 1874, Charles Nordhoff, Northern California, Oregon, and the Sandwich Islands‎^[2], New York: Harper & Brothers, page 92:

     The manner of preparing awa is peculiarly disgusting. The root is chewed by women, and the spit out well-chewed mouthfuls into a calabash.

   • 1900, Oliver P. Emerson, “The Awa Habit of the Hawaiians”, in All about Hawaii: The Recognized Book of Authentic Information on Hawaii, Combined with Thrum's Hawaiian Annual and Standard Guide‎^[3], Honolulu: Honolulu Gazette Co., page 131:

     The awa plant is a species of pepper, the piper methysticum of the botanist, and is described as having fleshy stems from two to three feet high.

   • 1911 October 26, Daniel Logan, editor, The Hawaiian Forester and Agriculturist‎^[4], volume 8, Honolulu, Hawaii, page 356:

     The majority say that there is little awa growing wild on Government lands, the bulk of that at present in the market being obtained from cultivated patches.

2. An intoxicating drink made from the kava plant, typically the root.
   • 1900, Oliver P. Emerson, “The Awa Habit of the Hawaiians”, in All about Hawaii: The Recognized Book of Authentic Information on Hawaii, Combined with Thrum's Hawaiian Annual and Standard Guide‎^[5], Honolulu: Honolulu Gazette Co., page 134:

     The Hawaiian gods were supposed to be particularly addicted to the use of awa. Songs were sung in praise of the drink.

   • 1910, S. M. Kanakau, “Ancient Hawaiian Religious Beliefs and Ceremonies”, in Thros. G. Thrum, editor, The Hawaiian Annual for 1911‎^[6], Honolulu: Thros. G. Thrum, page 150:

     When the prayer had finished, the awa was drunk and the sacred feast then began.

Angolar

Etymology

From Portuguese água.

Noun

awa

1. water

References

• Philippe Maurer, L'angolar: un créole afro-portugais parlé à São Tomé (1995, →ISBN: "awa [HH] eau (ptg. agua). awa boka bave. awa ngairu ruisseau, fleuve. awa ȏngȇ n'na ome sperme. awa rago ~ rogo eau de noix de coco. awa wȇ larme."

Atong (India)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /awa/

Noun

awa (Bengali script আৱা)

1. father

Synonyms

• baba
• wa•

References

• van Breugel, Seino. 2015. Atong-English dictionary, second edition. Available online: https://www.academia.edu/487044/Atong_English_Dictionary.

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: a‧wa

Etymology 1

Unknown

Noun

awa

1. a wild sea dwelling milkfish (Chanos chanos); as opposed to milkfish raised in aquaculture (see usage notes)
2. the Hawaiian ladyfish (Elops hawaiensis)

Usage notes

• Awa, alternatively named inahan sa bangus, mainly refers to the wild milkfish while bangus refer mostly to the cultivated milkfish.

Etymology 2

Short for tan-awa

Interjection

awa

1. look!

Chickasaw

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.wa/

Conjunction

awa

1. and (used only in numerical expressions such as awa chaffa)

Derived terms

• pokkóꞌli awa chaffa
• pokkóꞌli awa chakkáꞌli
• pokkóꞌli awa hannáꞌli
• pokkóꞌli awa ontochchóꞌna
• pokkóꞌli awa ontoklo
• pokkóꞌli awa oshta
• pokkóꞌli awa talhlháꞌpi
• pokkóꞌli awa tochchíꞌna
• pokkóꞌli awa toklo

 

Descendants

• Mobilian: awa

Chuukese

Etymology

Borrowed from English hour.

Noun

awa

1. hour

Guajajára

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *aβa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈwa/, [aˈʷa]
• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: a‧wa

Noun

awa

1. man

Derived terms

• awakwer
• awanem
• awapihun
• awate

 

References

• Carl Harrison, Carole Harrison (2013) “awa”, in Dicionário Guajajára-Português‎^[7] (overall work in Portuguese), Anápolis: SIL Brasil, page 16, column 1

Gun

Etymology

From Proto-Gbe *-bá or Proto-Gbe *-bɔ́, from the older Proto-Volta-Niger *ɔ́-bɔ́. Cognate with Fon awà (“arm”), Fon abǎ (“arm”), Saxwe Gbe abɔ́ (“arm”), Adja abɔ (“arm”), Adja aba (“arm”), Ayizo awa (“forearm”), Ayizo aba (“arm”), Ewe abɔ (“arm”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ā.wà/

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Noun

awà (plural awà lɛ́ or awà lẹ́)

1. wing
2. arm

Hausa

Etymology

Borrowed from English hour.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔá.wàː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [ʔá.wàː]
• Hyphenation: a‧wa

Noun

awā̀ f (plural awōyī, possessed form awàr̃)

1. hour

   Synonym: sa'a

Hawaiian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.wa/, [ˈɐ.ʋə]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *awa (“channel, opening in a reef” – compare with Maori awa, Tahitian ava, Tongan ava and Samoan ava) from Proto-Oceanic *sawaŋ from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sawaŋ (compare with Malay sawang “expanse”, Iban sawang “gap”, Tagalog sáwang “depth”).

Noun

awa

1. channel, passage
2. port, harbor, cove

   Synonyms: hono, hana

Related terms

• awāwa

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

awa

1. milkfish

Hiligaynon

Noun

áwà

1. compassion, mercy, pity

Jamamadí

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Arawa *aga.

Noun

awa

1. (Banawá) wood

References

• 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

Japanese

Romanization

awa

1. Rōmaji transcription of あわ

Javanese

Romanization

awa

1. Romanization of ꦲꦮ

Kavalan

Etymology

From Japanese [Term?].

Noun

awa

1. drinkware; cup; glass

Maori

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Polynesian *awa (“channel, opening in a reef” – compare with Tahitian ava, Samoan ava) from Proto-Oceanic *sawaŋ from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sawaŋ (compare with Malay sawang “expanse”, Iban sawang “gap”, Tagalog sáwang “depth”).

Other Polynesian languages generally retain the Proto-Polynesian meaning (e.g. Samoan and Hawaiian awa); the Māori cognate gains an additional new meaning of "river" as the large rivers observed in newly explored New Zealand were perceived more similar to channels than the small streams (Proto-Polynesian *waitafe “flowing waters” corresponding to wai tahe – see also Hawaiian waikahe, Tongan vaitafe, Samoan vaitafe) known by the Māori's prior ancestors.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.wa/, [ɐ.wɐ]

Noun

awa

1. river, creek, stream

   Synonym: wai

2. groove, fluting
3. (archaic) channel

   Synonym: hongere

4. (archaic) landing for canoes

Further reading

• Williams, Herbert William (1917) “awa”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, page 28
• “awa” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

Marshallese

Etymology

From English hour, from Middle English houre, hour, oure, from Anglo-Norman houre, from Old French houre, (h)ore, from Latin hōra (“hour”), from Ancient Greek ὥρα (hṓra, “any time or period, whether of the year, month, or day”), from Proto-Indo-European *yeh₁- (“year, season”).

Pronunciation

• (phonetic) IPA^(key): [ɑwɑ]
• (phonemic) IPA^(key): /ɰæwæɰ/
• Bender phonemes: {hawah}

Noun

awa (construct form awaan)

1. (alienable) an hour
2. (alienable) a clock
3. (alienable) time

References

• Marshallese–English Online Dictionary

Media Lengua

Noun

awa

1. water

References

• Pidgins and Creoles: An Introduction (1995, →ISBN

Nheengatu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈawa/
• Rhymes: -awa
• Hyphenation: a‧wa
• Homophone: -awa

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Tupi aba.

Noun

awa (IIf class pluriform, plural awa-itá, absolute awa, R1 rawa, R2 sawa)

1. contour feather; plumage

   Coordinate term: pepú (“flight feather”)

2. (broadly) any feather
3. fur
4. body hair
5. (rare) headhair

Derived terms

• esá-pirera-rawa
• esá-rawa
• pirandira-wakará-rawa

 

Verb

awa (2nd class)

1. to be feathery
2. to be hairy

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Tupi 'aba.

Noun

awa (plural awa-itá)

1. headhair

Derived terms

• awaíma

 

Etymology 3

Inherited from Old Tupi oba.

Noun

awa (IIf class pluriform, plural awa-itá, absolute awa, R1 rawa, R2 sawa)

1. leaf

Derived terms

• uka-rawa
• wasaí-rawa

 

Nigerian Pidgin

Etymology

From English our.

Adjective

awá

1. our

Old English

Adverb

āwa

1. always, ever, forever

Old Polish

Etymology

Univerbation of a +‎ wa. First attested in the 14th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (10^th–15^th CE) /a(ː)va/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ava/, /ɒva/

Particle

awa

1. (attested in Lesser Poland) here!
   • c. 1301-1350, Kazania świętokrzyskie‎^[8], Miechów, page dv 4:

     Aua tih slov [wykład z języ]ka lacinskego v polsky iesc taky

     [Awa tych słow [wykład z języ]ka łacińskiego w polski jeść taki]

Descendants

• Middle Polish: awa

References

• B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “awa”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Portuguese água and Spanish agua and Kabuverdianu agu.

The Portuguese word comes from Latin aqua, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ekʷeh₂.

Noun

awa

1. water

References

• Pidgins and Creoles: An Introduction (1995, →ISBN

Plains Cree

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈwa/

Pronoun

awa anim sg (animate plural ôki, inanimate singular ôma, inanimate plural ôhi, Syllabics ᐊᐊᐧ)

1. (preceding a noun) this

   nipâw awa atim ― this dog is sleeping

2. (following a noun) this is

   atim awa ― this is a dog

Related terms

• ana (“that”)
• nâha (“that (over there)”)

References

• awa in Plains Cree Online Dictionary

Pohnpeian

Etymology

Borrowed from English hour, from Middle English houre, oure, from Anglo-Norman houre, from Old French houre, (h)ore, from Latin hōra (“hour”), from Ancient Greek ὥρα (hṓra), from Proto-Indo-European *yeh₁- (“year, season”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɐwɐ/

Noun

awa

1. hour

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish awa. By surface analysis, univerbation of a +‎ wa.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.va/

• (Middle Polish) IPA^(key): /ˈa.va/, /ˈɒ.va/

• Rhymes: -ava
• Syllabification: a‧wa

Particle

awa

1. (Middle Polish) expresses uncertainty; maybe, perhaps [16th c]
2. (Middle Polish) interrogative particle: introduces a yes-no question [17th–18th c.]

Scots

Etymology

From Middle English awey, from Old English onweġ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈwɑː/

Adverb

awa (not comparable)

1. away

Adjective

awa (comparative mair awa, superlative maist awa)

1. absent, gone, distant

Spanish

Noun

awa f (plural awas)

1. Eye dialect spelling of agua (“water”).

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• aua — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

Etymology

Said to be from Sanskrit आवह् (āvah, “favor”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈʔawaʔ/ [ˈʔaː.wɐʔ]
• Rhymes: -awaʔ
• Syllabification: a‧wa

Noun

awà (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜏ)

1. compassion; mercy; pity

   Synonyms: habag, pagkahabag, hambal, lunos

Derived terms

• awang-awa
• ipagmakaawa
• kaawa-awa
• kaawaan
• kawanggawa
• kawawa
• kung may awa ang Diyos
• maawa
• maawain
• magmakaawa
• mapagkawanggawa
• naaawa
• nakaaawa
• nasa Diyos ang awa, nasa tao ang gawa
• pagkaawa
• pagkakawanggawa
• pagkamaawain
• pagmamakaawa
• pasang-awa
• sa awa ng Diyos
• walang-awa

 

Related terms

• Madlang-awa

 

Further reading

• “awa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎^[9] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier

Ternate

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈa.wa]

Noun

awa

1. rainbow

Etymology 2

Possibly the same as the previous etymology, as a semantic extension.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈa.wa]

Noun

awa

1. sign, mark

References

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Yami

Noun

awa

1. sea

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies

ALIV	awa
Brazilian standard	awa
New Tribes	awa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [awa]

Noun

awa (possessed awadü or ewadü)

1. (Brazil) Alternative form of öwa (“cemetery”)

Yoruba

Alternative forms

• ìn-a (Ekiti)

Etymology

Cognate with Igala àwa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /à.wā/

Pronoun

àwa

1. we (emphatic first-person plural personal pronoun)

See also

Affirmative subject pronouns

	singular	plural or honorific
1st person	mo	a
2nd person	o	ẹ
3rd person	ó	wọ́n

Negative subject pronouns

	singular	plural or honorific
1st person	mi / n	a
2nd person	o	ẹ
3rd person	[pronoun dropped]	wọn

Object pronouns

	singular	plural or honorific
1st person	mi	wa
2nd person	ọ / ẹ	yín
3rd person	[preceding vowel repeated for monosyllabic verbs] / ẹ̀	wọn

Note: except for yín, object pronouns have a high tone following a low or mid tone monosyllabic verb, and a mid tone following a high tone. For complex verbs, the tone does not change.

Emphatic pronouns

	singular	plural or honorific
1st person	èmi	àwa
2nd person	ìwọ	ẹ̀yin
3rd person	òun	àwọn

Ijebu personal pronouns

Number	Person	Affirmative Subject Pronoun	Negative Subject Pronoun	Emphatic Pronoun	Possessive Pronoun	Object Pronoun	Possessive Determiner	Reflexive Pronoun
Singular	First	mo	mí	èmi	tèmi	mi		ara mi
	Second	wo	wé	ùwọ	tiẹ	ẹ		ara ẹ
	Third	ó, é	[pronoun dropped]	òwun, òun	tiẹ̀	ẹ̀		ara ẹ̀
Plural and Honorific	First	a	á	àwa	tẹni	ẹni		ara ẹni
	Second	wẹn	wẹ́n	ẹ̀wẹn	tiwẹn	wẹn		ara wẹn
	Third	wọ́n		ọ̀wọn	tiwọn	wọn		ara wọn

Zazaki

Noun

awa

1. accusative singular of aw