gawa

Chichewa

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-gàba.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡa.w⁽ᵝ⁾a/

Verb

-gaŵa (infinitive kugáŵa)

1. divide
2. share, distribute

Derived terms

• Verbal derivations:
  • Applicative: -gawira

• Nominal derivations:
  • gawo

Hausa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡáː.wáː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [ɡáː.wáː]

Noun

gāwā f (possessed form gāwar̃)

1. corpse, carcass

Iban

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *gaway (“religious feast; festivity”). Doublet of gawai, compare with Tagalog gawa.

Noun

gawa

1. work

Derived terms

• pengawa
• begawa

Japanese

Romanization

gawa

1. Rōmaji transcription of がわ

Javanese

Romanization

gawa

1. Romanization of ꦒꦮ

Old Javanese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡa.wa/

Verb

gawa

1. to bring
2. to take
3. to carry

Derived terms

• agawa-gawa
• aṅgawa
• aṅgawa
• aṅgawakĕn
• aṅgawani
• gagawan
• gawa-gawan
• ginawa
• ginawa-gawan

 

Descendants

• Javanese: ꦒꦮ (gawa)

Swahili

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-gàba.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Verb

-gawa (infinitive kugawa)

1. to divide (split or separate into two or more parts)
2. to share, distribute

Conjugation

Conjugation of -gawa
Positive present -nagawa Subjunctive -gawe Negative -gawi Imperative singular gawa
Infinitives
Positive kugawa Negative kutogawa
Imperatives
Singular gawa Plural gaweni
Tensed forms
Habitual hugawa Positive past positive subject concord + -ligawa Negative past negative subject concord + -kugawa
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nagawa) Singular Plural 1st person ninagawa/nagawa tunagawa 2nd person unagawa mnagawa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anagawa wanagawa other classes positive subject concord + -nagawa
Negative present (negative subject concord + -gawi) Singular Plural 1st person sigawi hatugawi 2nd person hugawi hamgawi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hagawi hawagawi other classes negative subject concord + -gawi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tagawa Negative future negative subject concord + -tagawa
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -gawe) Singular Plural 1st person nigawe tugawe 2nd person ugawe mgawe 3rd person m-wa(I/II) agawe wagawe other classes positive subject concord + -gawe
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sigawe Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngegawa Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singegawa Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngaligawa Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singaligawa
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -agawa) Singular Plural 1st person nagawa twagawa 2nd person wagawa mwagawa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) agawa wagawa m-mi(III/IV) wagawa yagawa ji-ma(V/VI) lagawa yagawa ki-vi(VII/VIII) chagawa vyagawa n(IX/X) yagawa zagawa u(XI) wagawa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwagawa pa(XVI) pagawa mu(XVIII) mwagawa
Perfect positive subject concord + -megawa "Already" positive subject concord + -meshagawa "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jagawa "If/When" positive subject concord + -kigawa "If not" positive subject concord + -sipogawa Consecutive kagawa / positive subject concord + -kagawa Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kagawe
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nigawa -tugawa 2nd person -kugawa -wagawa/-kugaweni/-wagaweni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mgawa -wagawa m-mi(III/IV) -ugawa -igawa ji-ma(V/VI) -ligawa -yagawa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kigawa -vigawa n(IX/X) -igawa -zigawa u(XI) -ugawa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kugawa pa(XVI) -pagawa mu(XVIII) -mugawa Reflexive -jigawa
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -gawa- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -gawaye -gawao m-mi(III/IV) -gawao -gawayo ji-ma(V/VI) -gawalo -gawayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -gawacho -gawavyo n(IX/X) -gawayo -gawazo u(XI) -gawao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -gawako pa(XVI) -gawapo mu(XVIII) -gawamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -gawa) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yegawa -ogawa m-mi(III/IV) -ogawa -yogawa ji-ma(V/VI) -logawa -yogawa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chogawa -vyogawa n(IX/X) -yogawa -zogawa u(XI) -ogawa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kogawa pa(XVI) -pogawa mu(XVIII) -mogawa
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms

• Verbal derivations:
  • Applicative: -gawia
  • Causative: -gawisha
  • Passive: -gawiwa
  • Reciprocal: -gawana
  • Stative: -gawika
  • Other formations: -gawanya

• Nominal derivations:
  • gawo
  • mgawo
  • ugawaji (“distribution”)

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• gaua — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *gawaq (“work, official activity”). Compare Pangasinan gawa, Sambali gawa, Kapampangan gaua, and Iban gawa. See also Cebuano gama, Iban gawai, Malay gawai, and Javanese ꦒꦮꦺ (gawé, “to do; to work”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ɡaˈwaʔ/ [ɡɐˈwaʔ]
• Rhymes: -aʔ
• Syllabification: ga‧wa

Noun

gawâ (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜏ)

1. act of doing something

   Synonyms: trabaho, pagtatrabaho

2. creation; making; manufacture

   Synonyms: yari, pagyari

3. (by extension) repair; fix

   Synonyms: ayos, kompone

4. deed; act

   Synonym: kagagawan

5. work; employment; occupation

   Synonyms: trabaho, empleo, hanapbuhay, propersyon

6. task; duty

   Synonyms: tungkulin, katungkulan

7. work; opus (such as literary works, musical works, etc.)

   Synonyms: obra, akda, katha, trabaho

Derived terms

• Araw ng mga Manggagawa
• gawa-gawa
• gawaan
• gawain
• gawaing-bahay
• gawalagad
• gawan
• gawang-aso
• gawang-bahay
• gawang-kamay
• gawang-loob
• gawang-masama
• gawang-paloko
• gawang-sikap
• gawang-tao
• gawang-wika
• gawin
• gumawa
• gumawa ng eksena
• gumawa-gawa
• igawa
• ipagawa
• isagawa
• kagagawan
• katapangang-gawa
• kawanggawa
• madaling sabihin, mahirap gawin
• magawa
• maggawa
• magpagawa
• magsagawa
• maisagawa
• makagawa
• manggagawa
• may-kagagawan
• maygawa
• Mga Gawa
• nasa Diyos ang awa, nasa tao ang gawa
• pagawa
• pagawaan
• paggawa
• paggawa
• pagkakagawa
• pagsasagawa
• panggawa
• sagawa
• tagagawa
• tagapaggawa
• tagapagsagawa
• walang-gawa

 

See also

• gaway

 

Adjective

gawâ (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜏ)

1. made; manufactured

   Synonym: ginawa

   Saan ito gawa? Gawa sa papel ang belen na gawa ni Lourdes.

   What is it made of? It's made of paper, the belen that Lourdes has made.

2. created; composed

   Synonym: ginawa

3. caused

Further reading

• “gawa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*gawaq”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Anagrams

• waag, agaw, agwa