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awu

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Ewe

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Noun

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awu

  1. garment

Gun

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Etymology

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Most likely stemming from Proto-Gbe *awu or possibly from Yoruba ẹ̀wù, cognates include Fon awù, Ewe awu, Nupe èwò, Edo ẹ́wù, Owé Yoruba àwù, Èkìtì Yoruba èù, Ifè àwù, Urhobo ewun (shirt), Isoko ewu

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ā.wù/
  • Audio (Nigeria):(file)

Noun

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awù (plural awù lɛ́ or awù lẹ́)

  1. garment
    Synonyms: avɔ̀, avọ̀
  2. coat
    Onọ̀ ṣié họ̀ awù yọ̀yọ́ àtọ̀n ná mi / Onɔ̀ cé xɔ̀ awù yɔ̀yɔ́ àtɔ̀n ná miMy mother bought three new coats for me

Iraqw

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Noun

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awu m (plural awee f)

  1. bull

References

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  • Mous, Maarten, Qorro, Martha, Kießling, Roland (2002) Iraqw-English Dictionary (Kuschitische Sprachstudien), volume 18, Köln, Germany: Rüdiger Köppe Verlag, →ISBN, page 9

Javanese

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Romanization

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awu

  1. Romanization of ꦲꦮꦸ

Kari'na

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Etymology

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From Proto-Cariban *ôwɨ.

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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awu

  1. the first-person singular pronoun; I, me

Inflection

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Derived terms

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References

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  • Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary[1], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, pages 52, 250
  • Meira, Sérgio (2002) “A first comparison of pronominal and demonstrative systems in the Cariban language family”, in Mily Crevels, Simon van de Kerke, Sergio Meira and Hein van der Voort, editors, Current Studies on South American Languages[2], Leiden: Research School of Asian, African, and American Studies (CNWS), Leiden University, →ISBN, pages 255–275
  • Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “aw”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 120; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes[3], Paris, 1956, page 120

Xhosa

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Interjection

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âwu

  1. oh!