awu
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Ewe
[edit]Noun
[edit]awu
Gun
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]Noun
[edit]awù (plural awù lɛ́ or awù lẹ́)
- garment
- coat
- Onọ̀ ṣié họ̀ awù yọ̀yọ́ àtọ̀n ná mi / Onɔ̀ cé xɔ̀ awù yɔ̀yɔ́ àtɔ̀n ná mi ― My mother bought three new coats for me
Iraqw
[edit]Noun
[edit]awu m (plural awee f)
References
[edit]- Mous, Maarten, Qorro, Martha, Kießling, Roland (2002) Iraqw-English Dictionary (Kuschitische Sprachstudien), volume 18, Köln, Germany: Rüdiger Köppe Verlag, →ISBN, page 9
Javanese
[edit]Romanization
[edit]awu
- Romanization of ꦲꦮꦸ
Kari'na
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Cariban *ôwɨ.
Pronunciation
[edit]Pronoun
[edit]awu
Inflection
[edit]Kari'na personal pronouns
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- 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
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Interjection
[edit]âwu
- oh!
Categories:
- Ewe lemmas
- Ewe nouns
- Gun terms inherited from Proto-Gbe
- Gun terms derived from Proto-Gbe
- Gun terms borrowed from Yoruba
- Gun terms derived from Yoruba
- Gun terms with IPA pronunciation
- Gun terms with audio pronunciation
- Gun lemmas
- Gun nouns
- Gun terms with usage examples
- Iraqw lemmas
- Iraqw nouns
- Iraqw masculine nouns
- irk:Mammals
- Javanese non-lemma forms
- Javanese romanizations
- Kari'na terms inherited from Proto-Cariban
- Kari'na terms derived from Proto-Cariban
- Kari'na terms with IPA pronunciation
- Kari'na lemmas
- Kari'na pronouns
- Xhosa terms with IPA pronunciation
- Xhosa lemmas
- Xhosa interjections