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Dumbea
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]kwa
References
[edit]- Leenhardt, M. (1946) Langues et dialectes de l'Austro-Mèlanèsie. Cited in: "ⁿDuᵐbea" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.
- Shintani, T.L.A. & Païta, Y. (1990) Dictionnaire de la langue de Païta, Nouméa: Sociéte d'etudes historiques de Nouvelle-Calédonie. Cited in: "Drubea" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.
Haitian Creole
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[edit]kwa
Japanese
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- The katakana syllable クァ (kwa) in Hepburn-like romanization.
- The katakana syllable クヮ (kwa) in Hepburn-like romanization.
Northern Sotho
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Pipil
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[edit]Verb
[edit]-kwa
Polish
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[edit]Interjection
[edit]kwa
- (usually reduplicated) quack; onomatopoeia for the sound of a duck
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- kwa in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- kwa in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Rwanda-Rundi
[edit]Verb
[edit]-kwá (infinitive gukwá, perfective -kôye)
Swahili
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[edit]Particle
[edit]kwa
- ku class(XV) inflected form of -a
- by, with, -ly (used before nouns to form adverbs of manner, instrument, etc.)
- 1973, Mohammed S. Abdulla, Duniani kuna watu, page 3:
- Kasim alianza kupanda ngazi ile kwa nguvu na kwa haraka, […]
- Kasim started climbing these stairs with strength and speed, […]
- for
- from
- Makes fractions where the numerator is not one, in the format denominator kwa numerator.
- by, with, -ly (used before nouns to form adverbs of manner, instrument, etc.)
- ku class(XVII) inflected form of -a
- chumbani kwa mama yangu ― at my mother's room
Derived terms
[edit]West Frisian
[edit]Preposition
[edit]kwa
- in terms of
- Sina is kwa ynwennertal it grutste lân op de wrâld. -- In terms of number of inhabitants, China is the greatest country in the world.
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